Grrilla Step headlines YELE AYITI Melbourne’s heavyweights of Roots, Hiphop, Krump, Afrobeat, and Blues team up to raise funds for victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake.
THIS SUNDAY – HIFI Bar Swanson Street.
All proceeds go to AKASAN, a wonderful organisation run by and for Haitians assisting with Disability facilities such as wheelchairs for victims of the earthquake. http://www.akasan.org/
GRRILLA STEP
Featiring DJ Dexter, Airi Ingram, Haitian MC/producer Voodoo Dred, Royal Fam Krump crew, Albert David (TSI) with special guest Natalie Pa’apa’a from Blue King Brown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swtei4c1Yi4
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO HAITI
On January 12th 2010 an earthquake of unprecedented force struck our country with dramatic consequences for the people of many areas in the west and south east, and for the country as a whole. The tremor registered 7.3 on the Richter scale, and the irreparable losses it caused have left our country in mourning and unbearable pain. The tragedy we are facing today is certainly one of the gravest in our history, and its traumatic effects will stamp their mark on our 21st century. The partial accounts that have already been disseminated go some way to expressing the dreadful, indescribable horror that we collectively lived through during those endless 35 seconds on January 12th, and which have left so powerful a legacy of pain and tears. More than 150,000 dead, 500,000 injured, over a million homeless, tens of thousands who have lost limbs, 300,000 refugees who have fled into the countryside, more than 3 million disaster victims who, from one minute to the next, saw their lives, their homes and their society changed forever. A whole society is traumatised, and lives in fear of probable aftershocks or of a second earthquake. Our organizations have all been profoundly affected by this event. We have lost close relatives, work colleagues, children, young people, professionals with dreams full of promise and skills, buildings, equipment, tools, and a huge body of documents embodying thirty years of the collective experience of grassroots and community organizations. The losses are enormous and irreplaceable. Despite our pain, it is important that that we all pause to reflect on what has happened and to draw from this tragic experience the lessons and the guidance that will allow us to continue our tireless dedication to building a different country, one that is capable of overcoming the cycle of dependency and destruction and rising to the level of the dreams of universal emancipation of its founders and of all the people of Haiti.
Natalie Pa’apa’a playing The Hi Fi Bar to raise money for HAITI
Grrilla Step headlines YELE AYITI Melbourne’s heavyweights of Roots, Hiphop, Krump, Afrobeat, and Blues team up to raise funds for victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake.
THIS SUNDAY – HIFI Bar Swanson Street.
All proceeds go to AKASAN, a wonderful organisation run by and for Haitians assisting with Disability facilities such as wheelchairs for victims of the earthquake.
http://www.akasan.org/
GRRILLA STEP
Featiring DJ Dexter, Airi Ingram, Haitian MC/producer Voodoo Dred, Royal Fam Krump crew, Albert David (TSI) with special guest Natalie Pa’apa’a from Blue King Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swtei4c1Yi4
THE PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjngM1zwLH4
www.thepublicopinion.net/
CULTURE CONNECT
With roots from Haiti, Ghana, Zimbabwe
http://www.myspace.com/cultureconnect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKKr4ZjHLPs
KERRY SIMPSON
http://www.kerrisimpson.com/
FUTURE ROOTS Sound System featuring African drummers and dancers
http://www.myspace.com/futurerootsinternational
PLUS DJs
DJ Voodoo Dred (Haiti)
www.myspace.com/voodoodred
SISTA BB
http://www.myspace.com/systabb
HEPTUNE
THE HIFI BAR
http://www.thehifi.com.au/events/yele-ayiti-2010-7680/
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO HAITI
On January 12th 2010 an earthquake of unprecedented force struck our country with dramatic consequences for the people of many areas in the west and south east, and for the country as a whole. The tremor registered 7.3 on the Richter scale, and the irreparable losses it caused have left our country in mourning and unbearable pain. The tragedy we are facing today is certainly one of the gravest in our history, and its traumatic effects will stamp their mark on our 21st century. The partial accounts that have already been disseminated go some way to expressing the dreadful, indescribable horror that we collectively lived through during those endless 35 seconds on January 12th, and which have left so powerful a legacy of pain and tears. More than 150,000 dead, 500,000 injured, over a million homeless, tens of thousands who have lost limbs, 300,000 refugees who have fled into the countryside, more than 3 million disaster victims who, from one minute to the next, saw their lives, their homes and their society changed forever. A whole society is traumatised, and lives in fear of probable aftershocks or of a second earthquake. Our organizations have all been profoundly affected by this event. We have lost close relatives, work colleagues, children, young people, professionals with dreams full of promise and skills, buildings, equipment, tools, and a huge body of documents embodying thirty years of the collective experience of grassroots and community organizations. The losses are enormous and irreplaceable. Despite our pain, it is important that that we all pause to reflect on what has happened and to draw from this tragic experience the lessons and the guidance that will allow us to continue our tireless dedication to building a different country, one that is capable of overcoming the cycle of dependency and destruction and rising to the level of the dreams of universal emancipation of its founders and of all the people of Haiti.