9/11 Commemoration Art Benefit
Hosted By: Paris Morgan
The 9/11 Commemoration Art Benefit is a meaningful event remembering 9/11 all over again. New artworks from YRG artists will have pieces dedicated to this special event. Expect food, music, fun, and serious intellectual conversations that might change your mind on what happened that drastic day that changed the world.
Come out and hear your local Spoken Word Artists Nick Becker and Emeka give a breath taking performance, as they go through the trenches of absolute chaos, and bring us back to reality.
Prepare for an entertaining night of Poetry & Art. Plus new YRG Artists Paul Chase (www.paulchase.com) and Linda Mathis-Rose. (lindamrllc.squarespace.com)
And special guest speaker Robert Verhelst
Hosted By: Paris Morgan
The Yellow Rose Gallery cordially invites you to be apart of history.
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Kibera Girls Soccer Academy Book Reading & Art Benefit
August 12, 2017
An evening of art and global community connection to support women's empowerment!
Kibera Girls’ Soccer Academy (KGSA) is a community center in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya. KGSA offers free secondary education to over 130 girls annually in addition to artistic and athletic programming and microfinance opportunities for families to help create a stronger, more resilient community.
KGSA Programme Director Richard Teka, school alumna Asha Jaffar and Executive Director Shannon Murphy will be present at the event.
We will also be having a book reading from "Play Like a Girl: How Soccer in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution" by Ellie Roscher, which tells the story of Kibera Girls Soccer Academy and the incredible, resilient girls who are a part of it.