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Vol 1 :: THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Fundraiser Party :: NKECHI LIVE! :: Project One Gallery :: Wed Apr 1st :: 5pm-12am
Bay Area Acoustic Soul Songstress NKECHI, Evone Garcia, and Radio Africa & Kitchen present Vol 1: The Butterfly Effect on Wednesday April 1st, 5pm - 12am at Project One SF Gallery & Lounge. "The Butterfly Effect Fundraiser Party" is a soulfully artistic and fashionable, art, fashion, food, dj and live music event created to raise funds for charities that serve women in Africa. Our charity focus this time around is VDay.org and OneMama.org. NKECHI has collaborated with Evone Garcia, a long time V-Day Organizer as well as Eskender Askeged, founder of Radio Africa & Kitchen, a nomadic African restaurant with sustainable products and methods as well as other event partners and sponsors to make this a night to be remembered.
"If one flap of a butterfly wing can make an impact on the other side of the globe, so can our little BIG party in the US make an impact on the continent of Africa."
Advance Donation $20 (Includes Food)
Advance Donation for Two Guests $35 (includes food)
ABOUT THE CHARITIES:
V-Day's Spotlight this year is the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource, Power to Women and Girls in the DRC. Violence against women and girls in the family, in a relationship, at school, on the street, in the workplace, during war, still occurs regularly in Africa, Asia and the Middle East with impunity. V-Day works to end this violence by partnering directly with women's organizations in these regions who are working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms changing minds, changing laws, changing lives. V-Day's Spotlight this year is the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) http://newsite.vday.org/drcongo
OneMama. We are all OneMama on OneMother earth. One Mama ties Uganda's communities together through sustainable health, family, and financial education in order for its people to overcome poverty and thrive. By specifically supporting the midwives at the center of these communities, OneMama empowers women, raises awareness, and makes positive change. OneMama is the nurturer, the protector, and the source of life for those in need. OneMama's mission is to bring prosperity and health to people all over the world by empowering women as caregivers, mothers, businesswomen and agents of change for their rural communities. We are all OneMama on OneMother earth. http://www.OneMama.org
ABOUT THE MUSICAL PERFORMING ARTIST:
NKECHI (pronounced nnn-KAY-chee) http://www.nkechi.com/ is an alternative acoustic soul songstress/songwriter whose evocative voice, lyrics, and melodies explore a wide range of musical territory, including alternative afro pop, folk/rock & world/soul all in her signature sound and style. NKECHI performs as a solo musical artist, a live vocalist with djs, a live emcee/host and as lead vocalist/songwriter of her self-titled band NKECHI LIVE! A Full Tilt Jam Band Experience. NKECHI has performed at venues such as Cafe DuNord, the Make Out Room, 12 Galaxies, Red Devil Lounge, the Make Out Room, El Rio, Hotel Utah, Rockit Room, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, and many more venues and festivals around the bay area and east coast. NKECHI is a proud member of WomenROCK!, a Bay Area music, art and activist collective, which was formed with a vision to support female musicians and to use their music to bring awareness to charitable causes while reaching the listener in a way that entertains and educates.
Have Wings. Will Travel. Join the Experiment!
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LocationProject One SF
251 Rhode Island
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
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