Category: 2015: From Hate to (S)heroism

From Hate to (S)heroism: The Beginning

On June 28, the Illuminated Cities Project team started its summer 2015 programming. Below are some details about our focus for this summer, and the concepts that we have covered so far.

We want to add a special thanks to our US project coordinators Amos Margulies and Amrit Kaur for working closely with us to make this year’s program happen. In addition, Amos is hosting our two Chicago fellows for this whole week!

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Urban Design Vocabulary
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Riyaz Ali and Raldenys Tolentino facilitating discussion about the Bystander Effect and the Diffusion of Responsibility

Title of Program: From Hate to (S)heroism

Day One Location of Programming: at an organization called Atlas DIY that works with immigrant youth/communities – special thanks to their team!

Content Covered – Overview:

Workshop #1: The Why, How, and What of Illuminated Cities Project
Workshop #2: What is Urban Design
Workshop #3: What is Heroism?
Workshop #4: What is Community Service?
Workshop #5: Our Essential Question and Case Studies
Workshop #6: Gender Relations and Sexual Harassment

We will be posting fellows’ reflections soon!

From Hate to (S)heroism: The Sikh Perspective

Our experiences today in photographs

Sikh Coalition

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Ice Breaker: things Sikh and Illuminated youth have in common! 🙂
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Amrit Kaur (right): rock star of the day for coordinating these workshops for our youth!

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Understanding what the word guru means
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Round One: Introductions and Ice Breaker
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Round Two: Deeper conversation about our work
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Round Three: questions we have for each other
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Group Photo
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Group Photo with Amrit
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Gurjot Kaur leading a workshop about community responses to hate