#  Health, Water, and Shelter: Using the built environment for social change Adams House WinterSession 2016 

 





January 21, 2016

 

 

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**Thursday, January 21**

**Session: Effects on Health and Well Being** (1:00-2:45 PM)  
 (Moderator Dr. Palfrey)  
   
 Judy and Sean Palfrey:  
 Introduction to the Program  
   
 Provost Todd Washburn:  
 Harvard's International Engagement   
   
 José Guillermo Cerdeño: Environmental Health   
 Panel: How is Harvard building our local environment?  
   
 [Colleen Reid](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population-development/training/rwjf-health-society-scholars-program/profiles/):  
 Environment on Health and Well-Being – Green Spaces   
   
 Crista Martin:   
 What Harvard is Doing Related to the Built Environment  
   
   
   
   
 **Small Group Sessions and Workshops** (3:15-5:00 PM) Choose 2   
   
 1.Recupera Chile: Planning environments in the aftermath of Disaster (Palfrey)  
 2.Gardens for Health (Emma Clippinger + Eve Deveau)  
 3.Homelessness and Mental Health (Helen Jack? – Jim Stewart)

4\. Resource Effiency Program – House Renewal – Built Envrioment and Health (Kelsey)   
  **Friday, January 22 (1:00-2:45 PM)**

**Session: Design Matters: Safety + Preservation  
 (Moderator Maryam )

Maryam Eskandari:

Setting the Stage – It Starts With Design – Ted Talk

Julie Wormser:

Boston: Climate Change + Water Level Rise

Celina Guzman:

Constructed Wet Lands

**Small Group Sessions and Workshops (3:15-5:00 PM)** Choose 2

1\. Community Building (Game) – Or, Joy, Rumbi, Helen, Kevin, Nancy Israel – Tuesday 19th Jan @ 5:30pm Training For Workshop   
 2. Green Design ( CGI Geselle Sebag)  
 3. Adams House Renewal Programming (Maryam + Judy)

 **Saturday, January 23 (1:00-2:45 PM)**

**Session: Immigrants, Refugees + Displaced Persons** (Moderator Rumbi )

**Rumbi Mushavi:**

**The Big Migrations of Our Times**

**Marianne Potvin:**

**The Plight of Immigrants + Refugees**

**Giselle Sebag:**

**Response to the needs of Families During Migration**

**Panel: Is Harvard Preparing us as Global Citizens? ( Joel, Tania, + Salathie )**

**Small Group Sessions and Workshops (3:15-5:00 PM)** Choose 2

**1. Design Thinking Workshop (Maryam + Ted)**

**2. Boston’s Response to Resettlement (An Le )**

**3. Union Response to Resettlement ( Helen Jack)**

**CLOSING REMARKS:**

**Dean Margot Gill**

**Harvard's Response to Global Challenges:**

**Is the Built Environment in this Picture?**



 

 

 



 

 

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