2019 REPORT
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GLOSSARY
HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN
an iterative design process that starts with the people you’re designing for and ends with new solutions made to suit their needs.
SPACES OF REFUGE
places where displaced persons seek protection in the immediate or longterm.
GLOSSARY
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CRISIS-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
communities experiencing the ongoing consequences or aftermath of a humanitarian crisis —including host communities and displaced persons.
HUMANITARIAN ACTION
assistance, protection, and advocacy in response to humanitarian needs resulting from humanitarian crises.
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HUMANITARIAN NEEDS TODAY
131.7Â m in need of humanitarian assistance
90% of world's disasters are climate-relatedÂ
1 person
displaced every 2 seconds
70.8 m
25.9 m
forcibly displaced worldwide
are refugees
HUMANITARIAN NEEDS
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"WORKING WITH REFUGEES AROUND THE WORLD, IT’S NOT OFTEN SILENT WHERE YOU ARE, BUT FOR THE CORPORATE MEDIA, IT IS. THOSE VOICES DO NOT HIT THE MEDIA RADAR SCREEN. AND IT’S OUR JOB TO ELEVATE THEM,”
AMY GOODMAN HOST AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, DEMOCRACY NOW!
MISSION AND VISION
DESIGN FOR HUMANITY INITIATIVE Leaving no one behind means not only responding to people in need, but collaborating with them to design the spaces, projects, and policies that govern their lives. A growing community of humanitarians and designers embrace the notion that good design is a public right deserved by all, especially those most inflicted by injustices and crises.
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"WE BELIEVE DESIGN AND INNOVATION CAN MAKE OUR RESPONSES BETTER AND HELP US FACE UP TO NEW CHALLENGES THAT COME OUR WAY. THAT'S WHY WE MUST ALWAYS REMAIN OPEN TO NEW IDEAS." RICHARD BLEWITT, HEAD OF DELEGATION AND PERMANENT OBSERVER, DELEGATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS
MISSION AND VISION
WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN IS A PUBLIC RIGHT EXTENDED TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRISES
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MISSION AND VISION
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DESIGN FOR HUMANITY PILLARS
PROVOKE CHANGE
FOSTER DIGNITY
PROMOTE INCLUSION
CURATE MEMORY
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MISSION AND VISION
WE AIM TO INSPIRE A HUMANITARIAN DESIGN CHARTER BY:
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Amplifying the discourse on the role of design processes in humanitarian response
Integrating human-centered design processes into the norms of humanitarian action
Building a coalition of humanitarians and designers to launch research and pilot projects
STAKEHOLDERS
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OUR AUDIENCE HUMANITARIAN WORKERS
DESIGN PROFESSIONALS
CRISIS-AFFECTED PEOPLE
committed to saving lives
committed to designing
committed to designing
and alleviating suffering
solutions to social
solutions for their  own
in line with humanitarian
injustice and challenges
communities
principles
to humanitarian action
POLICY MAKERS AND DONORS
PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS
committed to funding
committed to proactively
projects and developing
investing their profit,
policies that mitigate or
technology, and talent to
end humanitarian crises
humanitarian efforts
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STAKEHOLDERS
DESIGN FOR HUMANITY LEADERS The Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University educates the future generation of humanitarians in the classroom, shapes humanitarian leaders in the field, and develops innovative solutions to complex humanitarian challenges worldwide.
The International Organization for Migration works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.
STAKEHOLDERS
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BRENDAN CAHILL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
"HOME IS A MASSIVE PART OF OUR IDENTITY, AND TO LOSE THAT BECAUSE OF A WAR, A DROUGHT, LACK OF FOOD, CLIMATE CHANGE, A LAND SLIDE, AN EARTHQUAKE, WHATEVER, IS ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND SHOCKS A HUMAN CAN EXPERIENCE."
ARGENTINA SZABADOS, IOM REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE, EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
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SUMMIT
DESIGN FOR HUMANITY SUMMIT II: DESIGN IN THE TIME OF DISPLACEMENT We brought together prominent humanitarian and design professionals to foster dialogue on how design can drive humanitarian response in a more dignified, inclusive, and sustainable direction.
JUNE 21, 2019
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY NEW YORK CITY
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SUMMIT
30 speakers
architects | urban planners | filmmakers | shelter experts | diplomats | design thinkers | graphic designers | emergency coordinators | humanitarian workers | product designers
4Â partners
200 attendees
3 Keynote Addresses
2 Design Dialogues
12 Workshops
150 Â #Design4Humanity Tweets
SUMMIT ADDRESSES Welcome Address
14 Humanitarian Keynote Address
BRENDAN CAHILL
ARGENTINA SZABADOS
Executive Director, Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs
Regional Director, IOM in South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
Design Keynote Address
Storytelling Keynote Address
RICHARD BLEWITT
AMY GOODMAN
Head of Delegation and Permanent Observer, Delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to the United Nations
Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now!
SUMMIT: DESIGN DIALOGUE ONE
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“It's important to get the numbers, the statistics, about refugees' right for funding purposes and for the media attention, but those numbers scare me. Big numbers can be quite dangerous because they create masses of people, and they're hidden behind the mask of 'refugees.'”
- Jan-Maurits Loecke
ARCHITECT, WRITER & URBAN ACTIVIST ABOUT SOCIAL FRACTURES/SOCIAL STRUCTURES
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SUMMIT: DESIGN DIALOGUE ONE
FROM CAMPS TO COMMUNITIES
MODERATOR: BRIAN KELLY
RAUL PANTALEO
LORIN KAVANAUGH-ULKU
Head of Community Stabilization Unit, International Organization for Migration
Co-founder, Studio TAMassociati
Senior Advisor, Open Innovation Competitions, U.S. Global Development Lab, USAID
JAN-MAURITS LOECKE
Architect, Writer, Urban Activist about Social Fractures/Social Structures
JOHAN KARLSSON
Managing Director, Better Shelter
SUMMIT: DESIGN DIALOGUE TWO
“Being able to create a narrative around a complex data set allows you to see it in context and give it meaning . . . Data on its own doesn't have a lot of meaning, it's the way that you use it that makes it significant.”
- Erika Wei
SENIOR DATA VISUALIZATION DEVELOPER, UN OCHA'S CENTRE FOR HUMANITARIAN DATA
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SUMMIT: DESIGN DIALOGUE TWO
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FROM DATA TO STORIES
MODERATOR: AMY GOODMAN
ERIKA WEI
DUNCAN LAWRENCE
Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now!
Senior Data Visualization Developer, UN OCHA's Centre for Humanitarian Data
Executive Director, Immigration Policy Lab, Stanford University
SANDRA VINES
JOCELYN KELLY
PAUL DILLON
Director for Resettlement, International Rescue Committee.
Founding Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s Women in War Program
Managing Editor, IOM's Media & Communications Division
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WORKSHOP SESSIONS: HOW MIGHT WE ...
understand migration and refugee situations in the age of big data?
Jeremy Boy, Data Visualization and Design Specialist, UN Global Pulse, Executive Office of the SecretaryGeneral, United Nations
design playgrounds for children in refugee communities?
Charles Newman, Designer, Builder, and Researcher, Unfrastructure Design, LLC
use mapping tools to better understand the place experiences of displaced refugee families?
Bree Akesson, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Social Work & Kearney Coupland, Ph.D. Candidate in the Geography Department, Wilfrid Laurier University
surface and support scalable, sustainable solutions for drought, natural disasters, urban displacement, and public health hazards by designing the solutions in concert with the communities affected?
Lillie Rosen, Learning Manager, DEPP Innovation Labs
WORKSHOP SESSIONS: HOW MIGHT WE ...
design and build communities with local people and local materials?
Joana Torres, Architect and Founder, Oficina Design
allow refugees and immigrants to travel back to their home countries through the documentation, cooking, and sharing of family recipes passed down from generation to generation?
Ayesha Mukadam, Visual Artist
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demonstrate the significance of incorporating education as the fourth core “pillar” of camp design, after food, medicine, and shelter?
Mary Stylidi, Regional Commissioner for Unaccompanied Child Refugees in Greece and Syria, UNHCR
help responders and affected communities better understand the nature of Ebola (EVD) outbreaks and improve strategic interventions for prevention and containment?
Michael de St. Aubin, Project Coordinator, KoBoToolbox, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative & Saira Khan, Data Analyst, Signal Program on Human Security and Technology, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
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WORKSHOP SESSIONS: HOW MIGHT WE ...
understand what it means to have a code of ethics and its value in rigorous practice?
Azra Akšamija, Director, MIT Future Heritage Lab (FHL) and Associate Professor, MIT Art, Culture and Technology Program
understand how local governments use urban planning strategies to advance urban development for all residents, bridging the socalled “humanitariandevelopment divide?"
outline a series of tactics (drift, layering, and gameboard) used for penetrating beyond preconceptions of a place to record and document the present and inform possible urban futures?
Jessica Sadye Wolff, Urban Planner and Researcher
Susan Fitzgerald, Design Director, FBM Architecture and Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University
use Theory U as a socially innovative methodology to cultivate trust, foster authentic relationships, and promote collaboration for social impact?
Susan Melsop, Associate Professor of Design, Ohio State University
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For media inquiries: Camille Giacovas Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs Communications and Research Officer cgiacovas@fordham.edu For future collaborations:Â Brendan Cahill, Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs Executive Director bhcahill@gmail.com
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