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| Title: | NYC : APIA BENEFIT CONCERT FOR KATRINA
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| Description: | An APIA Benefit for Hurricane Katrina Survivors
Thursday, Sept. 29
Doors open 7pm / Show starts 7:30pm
@ The ImaginAsian / 239 E. 59th St.
(b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave.)
$7-$30 sliding scale
New Orleans : Home of Cajun cooking and jazz music, the birthplace of Asian American history. 400 years ago, Filipino settlers established
the first known Asian American community here. In recent weeks, the entire city has been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, and thousands have lost loved ones, homes, and livelihoods.
Media coverage of the natural disaster has consistently shown FEMA and the Red Cross helping to rebuild the lives of those affected. But
firsthand accounts of survivors and volunteers in the hurricane-hit region have radically contrasted these accounts. Thousands of
displaced immigrants and undocumented residents, including Vietnamese and other poor communities of color, have been neglected and denied
aid from the government, due to language barriers and lack of documentation.
It is up to us, the APIA community, to help out our brothers and sisters in need, because, as writer K.W. Lee has said, "We are our first and last line of defense." Come out to support these communities who are still in need down South! 100% of proceeds go to There Are No Words.*
Updated: http://www.nosheetsleft.com/relief.html#ny
Featuring*
DJ Kuttin Kandi :: world famous hip-hop DJ
DJ Rekha :: founder, Basement Bhangra
Regie Cabico :: MTV, Def Poetry Jam
Ishle Yi Park :: Def Poetry Jam
Kevin So :: R&B/folk/pop
Vudoo Soul :: R&B, American Idol
Kelly Tsai & Emily Chang :: Mango Tribe, 2 Tongues, Def Poetry Jam
Taiyo :: hip-hop, Mauritius
Suheir Hammad :: Born Palestinian, Born Black, Def Poetry Jam
Kontrast :: hip-hop
Jared Rehberg :: folk/pop
The Ravens :: rock
The Ides :: rock
Jason Hwang :: jazz violin
*and more!
Speakers*
John Kim :: REACHip hop
Au Huynh :: New Orleans volunteer
Fay Chiang :: Project Reach
and a representative from the STORMWATCH Coalition
With generous support from:
NYU A/P/A Studies
The ImaginAsian
Greg Pak (filmmaker, Robot Stories )
Mike Kang (filmmaker, The Motel)
StormWatch
* There Are No Words is an Asian American organization established after Hurricane Katrina that aids survivors in the Vietnamese
neighborhood of Versailles in East New Orleans.
There will be a silent auction.
Directions: Take N/W/R/4/5/6/F trains to 59th St./ Lexington Ave.
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