Tuesday, February 9, 2010

I (HEART) HAITI: 2/11/2010

I (HEART) HAITI
2.11.2010
7:00-9:00 PM
6:30 doors
Alice Campbell Hall
(corner of Lincoln and California, Urbana)
$5 suggested donation

Speakers:
Erik McDuffie (African-American Studies, UIUC)
Roy Lanham (EIU Haiti Connection)
A representative from Remember the Children, Haiti
Haitian UIUC students

Musicians:
Bolokada Conde Ensemble (Guinean drum ensemble)
Rumba Na Biso (Soukous music from congo; good stuff, look it up on youtube).

This is being put on by a lot of your planning masters classmates.
-Learn how to get involved
-All proceeds go straight to charities (EIU Haiti Connection, PIH, and Remember the Children: Haiti; representatives of Haiti Connection and Remember the Children will be present)
-Free food

2 comments:

Stephen said...

Here's more info on the facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=CU+haiti+relief&init=quick#!/event.php?eid=280086648421&ref=mf

Stephen said...

A video Bolokada Conde:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9NYYcsiAr4&feature=player_embedded#