Plan of Action: ARTISTS FOR LIFE presents "art/work: a Hurricane Katrina Memorial Celebration."

“art/work” is a fundraiser and visual arts/performance showcase. It is a grand opportunity for the artists-survivors of Hurricane Katrina to tell their own story, in their own words. Mark the date now…more details soon!
Artists For Life has a long-term vision: to service and support a national network of progressive artists with emergency funding, technical assistance, and free professional development resources. Its immediate focus, however, is on the artists-survivors of the storm here in New York. If you agree that poetry, creative writing, music, dance, theater, paintings, and the arts in general have the power to transform lives for the better, then help us fuel this journey!

Purpose Of Action: Artists from Hurricane Katrina Have a Story To Tell!

After nearly a year, many of the Hurricane Katrina survivors who were evacuated to New York still need housing, employment, and support services in order to re-construct their lives with dignity. Even while dealing with the trauma of “the storm” and while dealing with the personal upheaval of being displaced, many of the artists here have been contributing to and enriching the cultural landscape of NYC - doing shows, teaching youth workshops, and much more - often for free. Promises of support have been made, and more than you can imagine, many promises have been broken!

Through the non-profit organization Artists For Life, AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc. is doing what it does best: connecting arts and activism on practical terms. Since 1993, AKILA WORKSONGS has provided professional services to the arts community, produced socially relevant programs, and donated hundreds of hours of free services to independent artists. We have stood up for what’s right in the world, and we do it through the arts!


What you can do now to help make a difference:

1. MARK THE DATE!
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
Long Island University • Brooklyn campus

2. Be it $1 or $1,000-- your monetary donation to Artists For Life will help us carry out our vision. Kindly direct your contributions to our fiscal sponsor, the Twenty-First Century Foundation. Our fiscal sponsor is a 501(c) 3 public foundation-- the oldest endowed Black foundation with a mission to advance charitable giving in the Black community. All gifts made to Artists For Life are tax-deductible.

Checks may be mailed to:
Twenty-First Century Foundation
271 W. 125th Street - Suite 303
New York, NY 10027-4424

* please write Artists For Life in the memo

*To make online contributions, visit http://www.21cf.org/Donate.html

* Be sure to select "ARTISTS FOR LIFE" or your monies will be directed elsewhere.

Goals & Outcomes:

Goals
*The black community across the nation joins together to support one another in times of need, as it pertains to nation building
*Black Art meets activism, with moral, social and financial support from the black community
*Awareness is raised by Hurricane FEMA-Bush victims, among the people

Outcomes
*Hurricane Katrina Memorial Celebration is properly funded to achieve its goals of raising awareness among the people in New York
*Hurricane Katrina victims in the NYC area receive exposure for their artwork, leading to increased support for getting back on their feet
*Ordinary citizens in turn begin to think and act in the interest of Pan-Afrikanism, social justice and the common cause of Pan-Afrikan solidarity.


Artists For Life
(the non-profit organization of AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc.)
c/o AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc.
1185 Carroll Street
Brooklyn, NY 11225
~718.756.8501 (office)
~ 718.756.8502 fax
~artistsforlife@akilaworksongs.com
~www.akilaworksongs.com

General information contact: artistsforlife@akilaworksongs.com

Artists contact: Saddi Khali, s.khali@akilaworksongs.com

Coming soon: artists-for-life.org