
“There are intimate connections between the places we build, the places that we lose, and the memories in-between both.”
Rania Qawasma, DAARNA Founder
Storytelling
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A Conversation with Rania Webinar Series
July 16, 2024
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Rania's Story of Displacement and Design, AIA Article
April 29, 2024
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UNRWA USA World Refugee Day Conversation
June 20, 2019
Our Services
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Architecture and Urban Planning
We commit to applying architecture and planning practices toward the pursuit of justice, harm reduction, healing, connection, and liberation, through community-led design and trauma-informed practices. We offer the following:
Design and Architecture - including housing, commercial and community public spaces
Site Acquisition
Research and Evaluation
Construction Management
Landscape Design
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We commit to centering the voices of those directly harmed and impacted by white supremacy, anti-blackness, patriarchy, zionism, anti-semitism, and settler colonialism and violence worldwide and use tools including the following to uplift their voices:
Community Workshops
Facilitation
Storytelling
Art Making and Installations
Site Activation and Pop-Ups
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We commit to striving towards global systems change and understand political advocacy and coalition building is vital to the movement. We use tools such as:
Teach-Ins
Toolkits
Trainings
Direct Actions
Community Advocacy and Representation