Asian American Arts Fundraiser (San Francisco, 2/3/05)

APA Artists 4 Tsunami Relief



APA Artists unite to raise funds for tsunami relief. Come out for a night of music and words and join our efforts to raise funds for tsunami relief.



THURS, FEB 3, 7PM

Locus Arts @ Galeria de la Raza

2857 24th St. @ Bryant

San Francisco



Suggested Donation:

$10 and up (as much as you want!)



All proceeds benefit tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.



Co-presented by Locus, EKTA, Galeria De La Raza, Dhamaal, Kearny Street Workshop, Bindlestiff Studio, Asian American Theater Company, manja.org, Asian Improv aRts, Asia Society Northern California, and NAATA.



More info at

http://ektaonline.org/tsunami





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Featuring



RIFFAT SULTANA & PARTY

pakistani folk music



SHAILJA PATEL

spokenword performance







PARAG CHORDIA &

FERHAN QURESHI

hindustani classical music-

sarod and tabla



SCRABBEL

orchestral pop ensemble





GOLDA SUPANOVA and the COMIC BOOK HEROES

urban rock soul









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ALL GROSS PROCEEDS BENEFIT RELIEF EFFORTS IN

INDONESIA AND SRI LANKA



We are working with the Global Greengrants' Funds to disburse all funds collected directly to the following community-based groups in the two hardest hit areas:



WALHI – Indonesian Forum for Environment (Indonesia)

KSKBA - Solidarity Coalition for Humane Disaster Relief (Indonesia)

Saviya Development Foundation (Sri Lanka)



Global Greengrants' Fund is a U.S. 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and will match the first $25,000 donated to this special relief effort. 100 percent of Tsunami Fund donations will be sent to these relief efforts. http://www.greengrants.org





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Please consider making a contribution even if you cannot attend!

Click below for more info:

http://ektaonline.org/tsunami/ngos



Note: Charitable donations made by January 31, 2005 to charities providing aid to tsunami victims can be taken as tax deductions on your 2004 tax return.





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For further info, please visit

http://ektaonline.org/tsunami