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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Ways To Give To Haiti Locally!




Dear Friends,

Thank you ever so, much for your compassion, your quick responses and support for this group. New Orleans has learned valuable lessons and created valuable, grassroots resources from Katrina that we are being called upon to share with Haiti. Like in the days after Katrina, this is just the beginning of relief & rebuild.

As a note, we must make certain we, in NOLA and Gulf Coast, maintain individuals to talk with about our feelings regarding the occurrences in Haiti. Watching others in traumatic situations and participating in relief efforts often, draws up unhealed wounds or re-experiencing of events. We can and must support Haiti but we also, must tend to ourselves in the process.

In solidarity,
~Jennifer

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~Ways to give *Locally*!! Lots to choose from!~
(Please, msg me if you know about events or ways to give!)

Donate $1 (or more) To Haiti When Buying Groceries At Winn Dixie

Donate $$ To Haiti At Whole Foods Registers
Buffalo_Exchange NOLA ~ This week: All donations made going to Haiti!! via @cherikeane on Twitter

Haiti Relief Benefit at Roosevelt Hotel Wednesday night from 7-11pm. to a Benefit for Red Cross. Special guest djs and live performance. $25 donation.

HAITI BENEFIT BLOW OUT AT THE MOTHER IN LAW
Featuring Jean-Eric, The Bellys, Guitar Lightning, DJ Musa and more TBA!! Plus A Silent AUCTION!!!
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 8pm
Ernie K-Doe's Mother in Law Lounge
1500 N. Claiborne Avenue

NEW ORLEANS TO HAITI RELIEF CONCERT
IRVIN MAYFIELD, THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL, ANNOUNCE THE “NEW ORLEANS TO HAITI RELIEF CONCERT”, A SPECIAL BENEFIT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE.
-The spiritual concert will be held this Friday, January 22, 7pm, Doors open at 6pm-
TO DONATE, VISIT http://www.er-d.org/
www.cccnola.org or www.thenojo.com
(504) 895-6602
http://wgso.com/news/35-local/16455-new-orleans-to-haiti-relief-concert.html

I AM AYITI: hip-hop benefit for Haiti at Howlin Wolf in NOLA Friday, January 22nd at 8pm.

New Orleans Dance Benefit for Haiti at 3143 Calhoun Street (Crescent Lotus) starting Friday, January 22nd at 6:30pm

Tulane University Pachanga and Haitian Relief Fundraiser
January 22nd, 2010
4:30-6:30pm
Please join TULASO, LAGO and the Stone Center for the first Pachanga of the spring semester this FRIDAY!! This is a REALLY important Pachanga because there will also be a raffle to raise funds to support HAITIAN RELIEF efforts. There will be FREE FOOD from Churro’s Cafe and LIVE MUSIC by Fredy Omar con su banda!
http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/articles/detail/398/Pachanga-and-Haitian-Relief-Fundraiser

School System Holding Black & Gold Day For Haiti
In a response to the desire to help, the St. Tammany School Board will be hosting a black and gold day Friday. For a $1 donation, that will be forwarded to the American Red Cross, students and employees, including faculty members, are encouraged to wear Saints clothing or paraphernalia, or black and gold in support of the local team up for the NFC Championship at the Superdome Sunday.
http://www.slidellsentry.com/articles/2010/01/20/news/doc4b5725353d570405558654.txt

COCKTAILS FOR A CAUSE Cure and New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society Host a Benefit for the People of Haiti and Honoring New Orleans Cocktail Past January 23, 2010 from 5:00 pm—7:00 pm. Two cocktails will be featured at Cocktails for a Cause, the Oloffson’s Punch and the Sazerac, the Official Cocktail of New Orleans. Each cocktail is $9.00 including tax with 100% of the proceeds to benefit the Red Cross efforts in Haiti. http://community.icontact.com/p/talesofthecocktail/newsletters/talesofthecocktail/posts/cocktails-for-a-cause-help-haiti

CrisisCampNOLA to develop tools for Haitian earthquake. Jan 23. All skills welcome. Please join us. http://bit.ly/4DsdsU @wtul @gnocode (Twitter)

Intentional Community Organizer Training For Mission To Haiti
From Gia Hamilton:
Hi all,
Thanks for the ongoing communication.
Gris Gris Lab is putting together an "intentional community organizer training" for people who are interested in going to Haiti to serve on the ground as capable relief help. There are a number of trainings we will be hosting including: agriculture, construction, healing/health, education, Kreyol language, and self care.
If anyone is interested in participating, has ideas about how to make this happen, or knows of possible trainers please let me know. Feel free to forward this note along.
I think it would be really great if WHJI could prepare something around gender and disaster. We're planning a potluck dinner meeting of interested parties for next Thursday the 28th at 6pm.
Let me know.
sending love,
vignette & gia
504 654-1927
347 517-0045
http://grisgrislab.com/

New Orleans Night Out For Haiti / Feb 2, 2010
Restaurants join together on February 2nd to donate 10% of your sales to the charity of their choice during our fundraising event New Orleans Night Out for Haiti.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Orleans-Night-Out-for-Haiti/259409428852?v=info&ref=share
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/681959

Loyola Law Students Hold Benefit For Children Of Haiti
Konbit Pou Edikasyon, a nonprofit organization formed by Loyola law students, along with Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, will hold “Nuit De Soleil,” a night of art and music to benefit an education fund for children in Haiti. It will be held on Friday, Feb. 6, at the McKenna Museum of African American Art, located at 2003 Carondelet St. in New Orleans, from 6-9 p.m. Admission is $5. Music will be provided by Troy Sawyer.
http://www.loyno.edu/news/laag/20090123/1222

The University Counseling Center (Loyola) is available 24 hours a day to respond to students and employees who need help coping with the crisis or who may be recalling painful memories of Katrina by watching coverage from Haiti. Counselors can be reached from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., by calling 504-865-3835 or visiting Room 208 of the Danna Student Center. To reach an on-call counselor after hours, call the Loyola University Police Department at 504-865-3434.
http://blogs.loyno.edu/haiti/
Gris Gris Lab's Spread the Love Feb 13th Sat 10pm DJ Manga Rosa spins Haitian classics and local artist sarah dearie and others sell art work or Hope for Haitian Children, Konbit and Gris Gris Labs Intentional Community Organizer Training Feb 15th Monday at 6:30pm.
WWW.Grisgrislab.com for more details- 504 654-1927

NOLA Art Benefit for Haitian Artists Barrister's Gallery is hosting a benefit art sale for the artists of the Monnin Gallery in Petionville, Haiti. The Dallas Monnin Foundation will distribute funds to about 150 artists and foundation workers in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Saturday, March 6, 2010, 6pm to Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 5pm Barrister's Gallery 2331 St. Claude Ave. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=251582489939&ref=search&sid=1836302499.3589824125..1#/event.php?eid=253422289425&ref=mf

Women's Health & Justice Initiative ~ Responding To The Situation In Haiti
POST OFFICE BOX 51325 • New Orleans, LA 70151 • 504-524-8626 • info@whji.org / The Women’s Health & Justice Initiative (WHJI) is a radical feminist of color-based organizing project centered on improving the social and economic health and well-b...eing of women of color and our communities, while challenging punitive social policies, practices, and behaviors that restrict, exploit, regulate, and criminalize the bodies and lives of low-income women of color most vulnerable to violence.

Fallon Jai / PATOIS UPDATE To members of PATOIS: The 6th Annual New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival - Happy Wednesday all. Due to the Earthquake in Haiti last week, Patois will host a concert and the proceeds will go toward Haitian relief. More info about the date, time and venue will be provided soon.

HAITI CHERIE (Dearest Haiti): Xavier Community Launches Haiti Relief Fundraising Effort - WGNO
The Xavier University community launches its own HAITI CHERIE ("Dearest Haiti") campaign encouraging all students, faculty and staff to donate toward ongoing relief efforts. A special university fund has been established for donations from the campus community, 100% of which will be donated to relief efforts.
http://www.abc26.com/news/nationworld/xavier-haiti-cherie-news-wgno,0,2819675.story

When you go to work tomorrow, ask your boss if your corporation will match donations made by its employees to top rated charities involved the relief effort. Many companies are already doing so. Students, talk to your teachers about setting up a fundraiser - all it takes is oneperson to help make a difference. From: FB Group-Haitian Earthquake Relief

HAITI CHERIE (Dearest Haiti): Xavier Community Launches Haiti Relief Fundraising Effort - WGNO

Haiti Earthquake Donation Page - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (LINK ON WALL)

'OZ Nation: Help Haiti Rebuild | WWOZ 90.7 FM (LINK ON WALL)

**LINKS ON GROUP WALL / Local Stories + Lagniappe **

The Women of Haiti Need Our Support, Strength & Solidarity / PLEASE, DONATE!

Haitian Feminists Fought 4 Equal Treatment Of Women / Defended Women Against Abuse / Pushed To Groom Young Haitian Girls - Much of Haiti's brain trust swallowed by quake

Justice Roars: Gendered Disaster

Metairie mom reunites with son from Haiti

Haiti-born New Orleans doctor heads to Port-au-Prince, files blog | New Orleans Health and Fitness - Haiti-Born New Orleans Doctor Blogs At nola.com

Local doctor assists in Haiti; benefit concert to be held

ONE | Help Haiti: Drop the Debt / PETITION

Fonkoze - What's New
Haiti's Food Bank For The Poor

Whole Foods Market(R) Customers Give $1 Million for Haiti Relief

Document - Making Violence against Women Count, Facts and Figures - a Summary | Amnesty Internationa

In Haiti, mental aftershocks could be far-reaching - CNN.com

Drink Tea! Help heal yourself & Haiti!
Good Karma for Women ~ 100% of the Profits from this tea in January will go towards Doctors without Borders and their effort to help the people of Haiti. Please help. Ingredients: Ginger, fennel, juniper, orange zest, cinnamon, licorice, cardamom, angelica, dandelion root, cloves....Herbal Ayurvedic Tea ~ Yoga only nourishes half your soul; Good Karma feeds the rest. This is an herbal blend of traditional Indian Ayurvedic spices that helps balance the feminine energy. If you don't believe the ancient texts, believe the deliciously sweet, spiced flavor of this tea! http://shuitea.com

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