[IMC-DC] Fwd: [Dc-contact] Spirit of Hope - Speak Truth to Power: Tribute to Damu Smith - Tomorrow

[worker bee]

> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:53:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Muna S <>
> Subject: [Dc-contact] Spirit of Hope - Speak Truth
> to Power: Tribute to Damu	Smith - Tomorro
> 
> Hi all - I know I am not giving enough notice here,
> but I wanted to share in hopes that you will join us
> for a benefit for Damu Smith tomorrow night
> (Saturday)
> at Cramton Auditorium at Howard University (details
> below). 
> 
> Love,
> Muna
> 703.622.1572
> 
> The Spirit of Hope Campaign
> 
> Voice for Peace Voice for Justice Voice for
> Education
> Voice for Environmental Justice   Voice Against
> Hunger
> Voice for Health Care Voice Against Apartheid Voice
> Against Police Brutality Voice for Health Care Voice
> for Housing Voice Against War              
> 
> Speak Truth To Power:
> A Tribute to Damu Smith
>  
> a benefit evening presented by the 
> Spirit of Hope Campaign and hosted by
> Danny Glover & Bernice Johnson Reagon
>  
> SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2005 • 7 PM
> 
> Cramton Auditorium (Howard University)
> 
> Doors at 6:30PM • Wellness Fair opens @ 5:30PM
> 
> Featuring:
> Amiri Baraka BlackNotes Suheir Hammad Haki Madhabuti
> 
> Matsimela Mapfumo Reverend Graylin Hagler Pam Parker
> 
> Sekou Sundiata Craig Harris Farafin Kan In Process
> Army 
> 
> Reverend Al Sharpton Ayanna Gregory Urban
> Bushwomen’s
> Tiye Giraud 
> 
> Sonia Sanchez Leslie Cagan Askia Muhammad 
>  
> Joe Madison Heru Sylvia Hill
>  
> Kankouran West African Dance Company
> 
> co-sponsored by
>  
> Howard University Center for Urban Progress The
> Praxis
> Project
> The National Black Environmental Justice
> Network WPFW-FM  
> National African American Tobacco Prevention Network
> Black Voices for Peace National Black Church
> Initiative
> 
> Tickets: $25, $50, $100 (includes VIP reception)
> 
> tickets available at
> Cramton Auditorium 2455 6th St., NW (202) 806-7914
> 
> Dar Es Salaam 4000 34th, Mt. Rainier, MD (301)
> 209-0010
> 
> Blue Nile 2826 Georgia Avenue, NW (202) 232-3535
> 
> and Ticketmaster locations
> 
> For information call (202) 265-4919 or
> 
> visit www.damusmith.org or e-mail
> spiritofhope2 at yahoo.com
> 
> 
> The Spirit of Hope Campaign is a volunteer coalition
> which is organizing a benefit tribute for Damu
> Smith,
> noted human rights, peace and environmental justice
> activist, on Saturday, July 9 at Howard University’s
> Cramton Auditorium in Washington, DC to raise funds
> for his healthcare and related expenses. A
> conservative estimate is his cancer treatment will
> cost more than $400,000 over the next year.  Within
> 3
> months of his initial diagnosis, more than $100,000
> in
> health care bills has accumulated.  Because Damu is
> unable to work, the fundraising effort will also
> generate living expenses for him and support of his
> twelve year old daughter.  
> 
> The July 9 evening of tribute will feature
> nationally
> known artists and speakers and local talent. 
> Moreover, we will present an information and action
> oriented program to mobilize and help stir the
> conscience of the nation in support of; universal
> healthcare; an end to racial disparities within the
> nation’s healthcare system; cancer prevention and
> treatment involving a wide range of conventional and
> alternative healing strategies; and public education
> to promote personal and community-wide prevention
> strategies for wellness around other illnesses. 
> 



		
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