Our local chapter (PKN-MSP) is participating in this global event. (What is PKN-MSP?)
Image a Pecha Kucha Night on a global scale. That’s right, a Pecha Kucha Night happening in every city around the globe on 1 day. 20 images, 20 seconds, over 200 cities, 2,000 presentations, 200,000 people, with the target of reaching $1,000,000 for rebuilding in Haiti.
It’s happening. On February 20th, (the birthday of Pecha Kucha) there will be a global effort with events happening all around the world to help raise money for the effort in Haiti. All donations will go to Architecture for Humanity and their current rebuilding effort. Our headquarters in Tokyo is still working on the logistics, but the idea is to set up a 24 hour global relay of pecha kucha events streamed around the world, with each city live for about 7 minutes, enough to say “Hello from Minneapolis/St. Paul!!!”, and give a 20×20 presentation.
What they really are hoping for is donation of a location, sponsors, beer, press, and presenters. The more stuff that’s donated, the more cash goes towards the relief effort. Click through for complete details, to see how you can help, or to see about submitting yourself to be a presenter.
At a minimum, put it on your calendar.
