2024-12-22T03:30:04-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150155311/former-president-jimmy-carter-returns-to-habitat-for-humanity Sean Joyner 2019-08-28T13:30:00-04:00 >2019-08-28T14:14:00-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/33/330b6c5731a4a51edc3b24466db8c5e9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, will be returning to their 35-year-long role as volunteer builders for <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/125684/habitat-for-humanity" target="_blank">Habitat for Humanity</a>. President Carter had undergone a hip surgery last spring, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/27/politics/jimmy-carter-habitat-for-humanity-homes-hip-surgery/index.html?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=2019-08-27T14%3A20%3A02&amp;utm_term=link&amp;utm_source=twCNN" target="_blank">reports</a> CNN, and had to take a break from his volunteer activities.</p> <p>This year, the Carters are "set to construct 21 new homes...in Nashville, Tennessee, in October," according to CNN.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/29996075/farshid-moussavi-criticizes-volunteer-work Quilian Riano 2011-12-06T15:03:00-05:00 >2023-09-06T10:46:09-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/oa/oanre2ryey97ats5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Speaking at the V&amp;A last week, the former Foreign Office Architects partner said that she was "dubious" about volunteers who see working in these places as an "easy option".</p></em><br /><br /><p> Moussavi, who teaches at Harvard and runs her own practice in London, said: "It's quite telling that Harvard students, when they want to be activists, have to go to these areas of the world. It's tougher to be an activist in America.</p>