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DESCRIPTION:Part of the Open Classroom Series\n\nAs climate crises displace
  people around the world\, what can be learned from Albaydha\, a semi-nomad
 ic rural community in Saudi Arabia whose grazing lands were destroyed by de
 sertification? Offered in collaboration with the Dukakis Center's Open Clas
 sroom\, this session will examine how participatory processes informed by S
 ocial Impact Lab (SIL) principles and frameworks have engaged over a thousa
 nd families in the design and implementation of a community-led resettlemen
 t initiative. The program employs sustainable building technologies and eco
 system regeneration while honoring traditional family structures and cultur
 al practices. Lebanese social investor and human rights advocate Lynn Zovig
 hian and SIL Director Rebecca Riccio will explain how their commitment to c
 entering community members’ voices has led to this project being designated
  a national housing pilot for vulnerable communities in Saudi Arabia.\n\nMo
 derator: Ted Landsmark\, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban
  Affairs\; Director\, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Region
 al Policy.\n\nThis event is part of the Social Impact Lab's weeklong series
  From Boston to Beirut: Reimagining Social Change in the Middle East. \n\nW
 e recognize that members of our community will be observing Yom Kippur Octo
 ber 4-5 and wish you a meaningful holy day and fast. We will make the recor
 dings of all events available on the event website as soon as possible so y
 ou can have access to the content. We also encourage students to attend one
  of the three student-only workshops with Lynn Zovighian on Thursday\, Octo
 ber 6 and Friday\, October 7.\n\nRegistration is required to attend in pers
 on or online. \n\nTo learn more and register\, please click below.
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LOCATION:  West Village F 020
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SUMMARY:Environmental Justice in Albaydha: The Story of a Rural Desert Comm
 unity
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