In person at the offices of HDR in Boston

The Global Design Initiative for Refugee Children committee invites all to a Design Charrette on Visual Storytelling through Photography.

RSVP here

This Charrette is a working prelude to an upcoming GDIRC initiative with refugee and displaced teens at the U.S.–Mexico border. The project uses participatory photography, images, text, collage, and guided AI augmentation to explore lived experience, memory, and imagined futures, and to support young participants in shaping and sharing their own narratives.

During the Charrette, participants will:

• Work with their own submitted photographs to explore narrative, symbolism, and sequence

• Reflect collectively on which visual strategies most effectively foster empathy, dialogue, and public awareness

• Help define design and methodological parameters for the subsequent youth workshops

Participants are asked to submit 10–12 photographs in advance. Full details and registration information are included in the attached flyer.

Advanced RSVP required.