AFRICAN ARTISTS for KATRINA DISASTER RELIEF INFORMATION

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevinpowe@... [mailto:Kevinpowe@...]
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 10:41 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: BENEFIT for New Orleans at CANAL ROOM, NYC, Thurs., Sept.
8th
PLEASE READ EMAIL IN ITS ENTIRETY and PLEASE POST and or FORWARD

Join KEVIN POWELL and special guests

as they present a BENEFIT for New Orleans

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005

at CANAL ROOM
285 West Broadway, at Canal Street
downtown Manhattan in New York City
7PM-11PM
21 and over with ID, and please RSVP to _cher_harrison@..._
(mailto:cher_harrison@...)

Admission is FREE but you MUST bring one or more of the following
items for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. These items will be
loaded onto a big truck in front of CANAL ROOM and driven directly to
Claiborne County Health Center in Port Gibson, Mississippi, run
by Dr. Demitri Marshall. It is one of the closest rescue and help
centers in the New Orleans area and in a position to really get
these items to people in need. PLEASE make sure clothing
and shoes and sneakers are new OR clean and in good condition....
- Clothing for children and adults
- Adult shoes and sneakers
- Adult socks
- Children's shoes and sneakers
- Children socks
- Bottles of water
- Diapers
- Baby wipes
- Baby food
- Baby aspirin
- Aspirin
- Vitamins
- Toilet paper
- Sanitary napkins
- Portable radios with batteries
- Plastic forks, knives, and spoons
- Cotton balls
- Cotton swabs
- Hydrogen peroxide BUT NOT rubbing alcohol, because that is
flammable

- Band aids
- Shaving cream
- Male AND female razors
- Blankets
- Air mattresses
- Sheets
- Pillows and pillow cases
- Gift cards for gas
- Wal mart gift cards
- Garbage bags
- Cleaning supplies
- Soap
- Toothpaste and toothbrushes
- Flashlights
- Batteries
- Candles
- Books for children, including coloring books
- Books for adults
- Magazines

If you are placing donated items in a bag PLEASE LABEL.
For example, Children's shoes or Adult shoes, or Children's clothes
or Adult clothes.

We will NOT be taking monetary donations. See information below on
where you can send financial contributions.

CANAL ROOM ownership is generously donating the space but there will
be a CASH BAR ALL NIGHT.

Guest deejays, musical performers, and corporate sponsors to be
announced shortly

Monetary donations can be sent to these outlets, which we have
confirmed are
REALLY delivering services to folks in need........

BlackAmericaWeb.com Relief Fund
PO Box 803209
Dallas, TX 75240
OR you can make an online donation by going to
_www.blackamericaweb.com/relief_
(http://www.blackamericaweb.com/relief)
This fund has been set up by nationally syndicated radio personality
TOM
JOYNER


NAACP Disaster Relief Efforts

The NAACP is setting up command centers in Louisiana, Mississippi,
and Alabama as part of its disaster relief efforts. NAACP units
across the nation have begun collecting resources that will be
placed on trucks and sent directly into the disaster areas. Also,
the NAACP has established a disaster relief fund to accept monetary
donations to aid in the relief effort.

Checks can be sent to the NAACP payable to

NAACP Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund
4805 Mt. Hope Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215

Donations can also be made online at
_www.naacp.org/disaster/contribute.php_
(http://www.naacp.org/disaster/contribute.php)
FYI, the NAACP, founded in 1909, is America's oldest civil rights
organization

_www.teamrescueone.com_ (http://www.teamrescueone.com/)
Set up by native New Orleans rapper Master P and his wife Sonya
Miller

You can mail or ship non perishable items to these following
locations,
which we have confirmed are REALLY delivering services to folks in
need....

Center for LIFE Outreach Center
121 Saint Landry Street
Lafayette, LA 70506
atten.: Minister Pamela Robinson
337-504-5374

Mohammad Mosque 65
2600 Plank Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70805
atten.: Minister Andrew Muhammad
225-923-1400
225-357-3079

Lewis Temple CME Church
272 Medgar Evers Street
Grambling, LA 71245
atten.: Rev. Dr. Ricky Helton
318-247-3793

St. Luke Community United Methodist Church
c/o Hurricane Katrina Victims
5710 East R.L. Thornton Freeway
Dallas, TX 75223
atten.: Pastor Tom Waitschies
214-821-2970

S.H.A.P.E. Community Center
3815 Live Oak
Houston, Texas 77004
atten.: Deloyd Parker
713-521-0641

Alternative media outlets where you can get a more accurate and
balanced
presentation of the New Orleans catastrophe....
* www.diversityinc.com
* www.alternet.org
* www.blackelectorate.com
* www.npr.org
* www.daveyd.com
* www.slate.com
* www.bet.com
* www.allhiphop.com
* www.democracynow.org
* www.blackamericaweb.com

PLEASE VISIT all these websites.


Five things you can do to help immediately

1. Duplicate what we are doing elsewhere in New York City, in your
city or town, on your college campus, at your church, synagogue,
mosque, or other religious institution, via your fraternity or
sorority, or via your local civic or social organization.

2. Cut and paste the information in this eblast about
* Items needed by survivors of the New Orleans catastrophe
* Monetary donations
* Where you can ship non perishable items
* Alternative media outlets
* Five things you can do to help immediately

and share this information, as a ONE SHEET, with folks near and far,
via email, or as a hand out at your event, religious institution,
and with your civic or social organization.

3. Voice your opinion to local and national media, and to elected
officials, via letter, email, op ed article, or phonecall, regarding
the coverage of the New Orleans catastrophe, as well as to the
federal government's on going handling of the situation.

4. Ask the hotel you frequent, such as the Marriott or Holiday Inn,
to give your hotel points to an individual or family in need of a
stay for a night, a few nights, or longer, depending on how many
points you have. Be sure to get confirmation that your points have
been applied in that way. Encourage others to do the same. Also
inquire if your airline frequent flyer mileage can be used for hotel
stays as well. Finally, either offer to pay for hotel rooms,
or encourage others to do so, including your place of employment or
worship or your organization.

5. Dare to care about other human beings, no matter their race,
gender, class, sexual orientation, religion, geography, culture,
clothing, hairstyle, or accent or language. Like September 11th, the
New Orleans catastrophe is a harsh reminder that all life is
precious, as is each day we have on this earth.

AND REMEMBER that our attention and response to the New Orleans
catastrophe needs to happen in three stages...DISASTER, RECOVERY,
and REBUILDING. We need you for all three stages.

Media inquiries for BENEFIT for New Orleans....

APRIL SILVER, Akila Worksongs
718-756-8501 or_ pr.media@..._
(mailto:pr.media@...)