This just in: Konbit Shelters Sister Organization and beloved ally Ayiti Resurrect is hosting a event in Brooklyn this weekend. Its gonna be amazing, if you are in NYC, dont miss it. ----- Ayiti Resurrect is organizing an inspiration-packed fundraiser celebrating trans-local solidarity and community resilience. In support of Ayiti Resurrect’s commitment to collaborative healing in Haiti, the event will feature stunning performances, moderated dialog with AR collective members, a panel of experts demystifying current realities in Haiti, a chance to hear live from our partners in Haiti, and short film screening. There will also be a silent auction of art from Komye artists and some distinctive items from AR supporters. Haitian hors doeuvres crafted by renowned Chef Davidson D. Destinoble and La Caye’s signature ginger mint sangria will be served to our early arrivals! Saturday 9/27/14 @ La Caye, a gorgeous Haitian restaurant and bar with spacious garden in the back $25 Admission (with additional tax-deductible opportunities to give via check, cash or credit) Purchase your tickets early at Eventbrite: https://eventbrite/e/haiti-rising-connect-create-heal-tickets-13146330027 If you cant join us, donate here: bit.ly/1CpABlI This fundraiser will help raise funds for not only our planning and delegation trips this coming year but also to support long term investment in the many initiatives designed and lead by the Komye community. We are asking all supporters and people interested in this work to make an investment in our five year vision! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AYITI RESURRECT is a collaboration of visionary artists, community builders, holistic healers, and sustainable farmers from Komye (Leogane, Haiti) and the Haitian and African Diasporas. We came together in the spirit of friendship and people-to-people solidarity in the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake to support the social, spiritual, emotional, physical, and environmental health of the Komye community. Ayiti Resurrects initiatives focus on arts, education, health, the environment, and womens self-determination. Our goal is to transform trauma through collective healing, and contribute to building a more just and sustainable existence for the future generations of Komye residents. read more ayitiresurrect.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PERFORMERS INCLUDE: Maya Azucena - MTV Made’s Award winning singer-activist and cultural ambassador making soul music that matters. mayaazucena/ Lenelle Moïse - author of Haiti Glass, and an award-winning poet, playwright and performer who creates jazz-infused, hip-hop bred, politicized texts about the intersection of identity, memory and spirit. lenellemoise/ Naima of Climbing PoeTree - internationally renowned spoken word poet, lyricist, and co-creator of Hurricane Season, award-winning multimedia theater about unnatural disaster. climbingpoetree/ Goussy Célestin - ASE Dance Theater Collective member, composer, vocalist and dancer whose artistic mission is to highlight the influence, connection and beauty of Haitian culture in the Americas. Strings n Skins - play rhythmical interpretations of North African and South African improvisational styles. Their Afro-Asian hybrid beats are played on traditional instruments. SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Michelle Karshan - Founder and Director of Alternative Chance and Li Li Li! Read. Michelle has worked on Haiti over the past 28 years in a variety of contexts, including as a radio journalist, a US-based solidarity activist, and served as the Foreign Press Liaison for Presidents Aristide and Preval for 9 years in Haiti. Karshan is founder and director of Alternative Chance, which provides services and advocacy for criminal deportees from the US. She is Vice President, and former Haiti Coordinator, of Health Through Walls, an NGO working to reinforce the delivery of health care in resource poor prisons - including in Haitis national prisons. Following the earthquake, Michelle and her daughters founded Li, Li, Li! Read, a storybook reading out loud program in Haitis tent camps. Selome Araya- Social Advocate, Reiki Healing Practitioner, and Postpartum Doula, Selome served as the Emergency Response Development and Communications Manager for Action Aid Haiti after the earthquake. With a Masters in Public Health in Forced Migration, she has also served as Project Coordinator for Speak Africa at UNICEF Ethiopia, Project Manager for South Los Angeles Health Projects, Communications Consultant for Fahamu Networks for Social Justice, and Refugee Youth Program Manager African Community Resource Center. & Ayiti Resurrect collective members, delegates, and partners! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ayiti Resurrect Core Collective Naima Penniman, Bea Anderson, Leah Penniman, and Angelique V. Nixon
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:49:20 +0000
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