August 2015 Newsletter: News, Workshops & Inspiration 🌞 🐵 🐻
News & Media
"We’re rogues giving to rogues. It’s misfit money for the weird and wonderful." Lee-Sean recently talked to the New York Times about our work with the Awesome Foundation. We give out $1000 grants every month to awesome projects.
Learning Rwandan: Ten key words for understanding Rwanda today. Lee-Sean reflects on his recent trip back to Rwanda to continue working with UX for Good and the Kigali Genocide Memorial.
David Colby is doing research around "Financial Citizenship" and wealth-building in minority communities. Contact us to learn more and to get involved.
Upcoming Workshops
Join Lee-Sean for his movement workshop, Kinesthetic Conversations in Crowded Spaces, on Governor's Island NYC this Saturday, August 8. The workshop is part of Sextant Works' Summer Placemaking Lab and is free and open to the public. Update (8/12/2015): view documentation from the workshop on Medium.
Lee-Sean will be offering his Be Social Change workshop onTransformative Storytelling again on August 24 and September 21 in New York City. Use coupon code Huang25 for 25% off. We also have a limited number of need-based full scholarships available. Please get in touch to learn more.
Building Networks for Good
Lee-Sean Huang, cofounder & creative director of Foossa and trustee & treasurer of the Awesome Foundation NYC presenting a workshop on Building Networks for Good at the CAPS2015 Conference in Brussels, Belgium on July 7th. The slide on the screen features the work of Sextant.Works, an Awesome Foundation grantee.
Inspiration
Clever Buildings Whose Architects Refused to Cut Down Local Trees
Awesome examples of Community-Centered Design, architecture in dialog with the wider ecosystem and community of species
Spirit Animal
Cecil the Lion and the American Dentist
