Spoken Word Benefit for HAITI at UCLA

The African Activists Association of UCLA brings you

A Spoken Word and Performance Art Benefit for Haiti

Thursday, Feb 4, 2010 at UCLA
From 5:30-9 pm

NRB Auditorium (635 Charles E Young)
At Structure 9/ across from School of Public Health


Proceeds to benefit PSI’s emergency and long-term relief efforts in Haiti. See more about them at www.psi.org
Suggested minimum donation of $5

Hosted and MC’ed by AAA co-chairs Cassandra Tesch and Deborah Dauda

Featuring Haitian Art with commentary by Kathy Smith
Brazilian Capoeira
African Dances
Stand up Comedy by some of LA’s funniest comics
Spoken Word Poetry by local and international artists
International Dance Ensembles
Hip Hop guest performances
Special International guest stars

Beats by DJ Animao

Foods and drinks provided



Who we are: THE AFRICAN ACTIVISTS ASSOCIATION

The African Activists Association at UCLA is committed to generating cultural and political awareness about Africa and its diasporas. We achieve this by organizing annual student colloquiums that bring together new scholarship pertaining to various topics on the countries of Africa. We organize quarterly African Film Screenings, Spoken Word and Performance Art benefits, gallery exhibitions, and other means through which we seek to counter some of the misrepresentations of Africa and the world in general in popular media. For more information about AAA please contact africanactivists@gmail.com.


Why PSI?

PSI is an international non-profit organization that works with HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Reproductive Health Issues around the globe. In Haiti, PSI is working with both immediate and long-term assistance, to help people get back on their feet and stem the tide of illness that can occur in the days and weeks following a crisis of this magnitude.
One of the important aspects of this help is access to water, which PSI is working very close with. This is a direct quote from PSI:

In response to the desperate need for water in and around Port-au-Prince, PSI has secured water purification solution to provide survivors with 30 million liters of safe water to drink.
More than 1 million sachets of P&G’s PUR Purifier of Water, currently stored in a PSI warehouse in Panama, will be brought into the country. Another 25,000 bottles of PSI’s local safe water system Dlo Lavi will be shipped from a Miami storehouse to Haiti.
PSI has been working in Haiti for more than 20 years and had 100 staff on the ground when the earthquake struck. Its top priority now, beyond ensuring the safety and security of all staff members, is to make certain there is an ongoing supply of clean drinking water for those in need. With the mass movement of people in and out of the capital and the ongoing lack of drinking water, sanitation and health care services, people in Haiti are at increased risk of contracting diseases such as diarrheal disease and other waterborne illnesses.
PSI has launched an appeal for funds to help support these efforts. It has also deployed a special response team to the region to further assess the situation and help reinforce relief efforts on the ground. The special response team is also tasked with locating PSI/Haiti staff members who remain missing.