Living The Change: 22 Million Still Affected: Rebuild Schools

Dear Supporters,

6 months post floods, the 22 Million affected still await your help. As media, civil society and government shows a changed response to rehabilitate them -- We still vow to take our 'flood relief campaign' further. Having reached 60,000 families with 52 Million PKR worth of relief items in 39 deliveries since August 3rd 2010 -- WE STILL LOOK TOWARDS YOU TO HELP US REHABILITATE THEM!

And what better way than doing something that will effect coming generations than to rebuild schools? 2500 students will be educated yearly through this event.

If you don't care about floods that swept 1/3rd of Pakistan -- You can come to see the maestro Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, if he's not good enough for you to help us change lives of a generation, come see QB [Qurat ul Ain Baloch] unleashing the magic of a mesmerizing voice.

Only limited passes available now. Get yours from Gloria Jeans F6 or Illusions F7. 


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Regards,

Pakistan Youth Alliance
LIVING THE CHANGE - WE REMAIN, SINCE 2007!

Event Managed by: Miradore Productions

For details:
0333-4532030
0333-5578006
0345-5323808

Rally To Save Education: Buffalo IAC: Citizen Action NY: UB South

Buffalo/Western New York International Action Center

 

Citizen Action Center NY  

 

 

My Name is Rachel Corrie: Rachel Corrie Foundation

My Name is Rachel Corrie 

Directed by Lois Pearlman

Starring Mandy Cimino as Rachel

A benefit for the Rachel Corrie Foundation
14 Friends of Palestine and Keep Hope Alive 

Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner based this play on the writings of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza while trying to save a Palestinian home from demolition.

With Middle Eastern music by HELM, and songs by Doug Adamz

Saturday April 16^th 2011 at 3pm

First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo

72 Kensington Road, San Anselmo, CA 94960

Suggested donation: $15 in advance through Brown Paper Tickets 

or $15 - $20 sliding scale at the door  

Sponsored by Keep Hope Alive and 14 Friends of Palestine and endorsed by the Middle East Children’s Alliance, Nor Cal Friends of Sabeel, Free Gaza, Justice for Palestinians, U.S. Boat to Gaza - West Coast and If Americans Knew.  

For more information: 14friendsofpalestine@gmail.com   ONLINE HERE

Free Henry! wins Hard Rock Café Battle of the Bands

Free Henry!, Western New York band making their mark. Stay tuned with Free Henry! and myself.  So much more to come.

 

From WNY Papers.com

Free Henry! wins Hard Rock Café Battle of the Bands

Free Henry!

 Fresh from taking Artpark's "Rock the Park" contest and a headlining slot at the venue this summer, Free Henry! was crowned winner of the Hard Rock Café Niagara Falls' Battle of the Bands on Thursday.

The band's video will be sent to the Hard Rock International corporate offices for final judging by a distinguished panel of judges. The top 10 bands from the participating North American cafes will be posted at HardRock.com on or around April 12 and the online voting portion will begin. The band with the most Internet votes will win a trip to Hard Rock Calling 2011 to perform along with international superstars Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart and Bon Jovi.

Last year's Hard Rock Niagara Falls winners, More Than Me, went on to win the national contest and opened for Sir Paul McCartney. The café is looking for a repeat in 2011.

From Buffalo Spree and Erin Habes

By Erin Habes

© City Lights Photography

Free Henry!, a free-flowing rock n’ roll jam band, has recently burst onto the Buffalo scene. Their music has an eclectic mix of influences, from jazz and jam-heavy pop to rock. Each of the members—Bob Buckley, Alex Foote, Derek Presti, and Pat Mannella—are talented musicians, and their sound is powerful and full of life. Gigging regularly on the Buffalo circuit, the group is finalizing their much-anticipated second album, Ethereal Gust, which is due for release this fall.

Not too long ago I was asked to help define Free Henry!’s style identity as a band, giving them a fresh new look for their album cover. Considering their musical influences, I chose a look that captures their vibrant spirit, yet leaves room for each of the members to express their distinct personality.

I tapped Urban Treads, which has a nice balance of rock n’ roll meets trendy casual, carrying lines like Ben Sherman and French Connection. I also played around with some defining accessories to enhance their look, which included bold watches, striped scarves and fedora hats. To top it all off, I chose incredible eyewear from Visualeyes for lead singer Buckley. This pair of signature ic! berlin frames are a sure way to embrace your inner rock star.

The photo shoot took place on a cold winter night, but was warmed by friends who worked collaboratively to magnify Free Henry!’s style. The final outcome, you ask? An updated Free Henry! ready to take on the release of a great new album with a fresh sense of style.

Stylist- Erin Habes

Style Assistant- Jeff Todd

Hair- James Hickey

Photography- City Lights Photography

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News Tribe UK: Pakistan Youth Alliance, Andy Carvin: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Published in The News Tribe UK

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Shahen-Shah The Spirit of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

In support of NPR, our youth and music: 


A rare written interview gifted to me by Andy Carvin (now with NPR) with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, uncle of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, while Andy were in college. Please read below and connect to Andy online. 


Shahen-Shah-  The Spirit of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan



Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is performing to renovate schools damaged by flooding in Pakistan on March 22nd. The event is organized by Pakistan Youth Alliance (CEO, Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi.) 


Please see that event here with Rahat: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185825018120344&pending


If you can't attend, please donate. If you can't donate, please share that event. Donation/ticket info is on the above link, as well as easy online share options. But if you are in Pakistan, I am jealous! I would be running to this event. 


It is by far the most astounding music and for such a needed cause. Children are our future. But they need schools right now. 


Being in radio, journalism, music, it is my extreme pleasure to bring out Andy's interview with a most spiritual man no longer with us. Please check that out and go to the event to witness his son giving back to the children. 


Thank you Andy, Ali, Nusrat and Rahat:

Peace,

Sue 

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Read Across America: Read To Succeed Buffalo: NEA

On March 2, the National Education Association calls for every child to be reading in the company of a caring adult.

 

 

Read Across America!

Celebrate Reading and the Birthday of Dr. Suess
March 2, 2011 

 

Read To Succeed Buffalo will:  Register your site with "Read Across America", provide a lesson plan to help with structuring your day, give away a unique bookmark for children to take home, and assign a "Celebrity Reader" to read a Dr. Seuss Book to children.

The National Education’s (NEA) "Read Across America" is an annual program celebrated on March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss, to motivate reading and literacy awareness.



For the first time, Buffalo is on the National Education Association map as a host site of “Read Across America.” Readers of all ages are encouraged to celebrate. Participating Buffalo Public Schools include:  School #90,  Dr. Charles R. Drew Science Magnet, and School #53.



Motivating children to read is an important factor in student achievement and creating lifelong successful readers. Random House have put together a terrific Read Across America resources page featuring a teacher's guide, activities, games and so much more. 


"Read to Succeed" works with nearly 50 coalition partner organizations to create a culture of literacy within our community.  They spearhead initiatives that give children the literacy and language tools necessary for success in kindergarten and beyond.

    

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"Read to Succeed Buffalo" is determined to give every child a strong start when entering kindergarten. More than 4 in 10 children entering kindergarten in Buffalo Public Schools are behind in literacy skills.  With the help of Buffalo's three largest foundations and nearly 50 organizational partners, we give children a fighting chance to succeed in school.  

For more information: Deborah Ann Porter: Community Outreach Coordinator: Read to Succeed Buffalo at 843-8895 and porterd@rtsb.org 

 

 

Great Public Schools for Every Student  

© 2009- 11 Read To Succeed Buffalo, 392 Pearl Street, Buffalo, NY 14202 Office: (716) 843-8895  

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New Date: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Flood Victims: Tues, March 22 8pm

	New date for event: Tuesday, March 22 at 8:00pm March 23 at 1:00am

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Flood Victims

After making 39 deliveries to 29 locations, having raised and disbursed relief items over 52 Million PKR (just from streets, only for flood victims. Over 120 Million PKR till date for various initiatives) since 3rd August, 2010, 

 

Pakistan Youth Alliance now vows to rebuild and renovate schools destroyed by floods. As donations dwindle, we are arranging a fundraiser-charity concert in Islamabad to raise enough funds to renovate 2 schools in Nowshera and Kot Addu respectively. 

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan shall weave magic by his music and mesmerize Islamabad live. 

PYA, in continuation of its widely acknowledged flood relief efforts shall rebuild 2 schools through funds raised by this concert. 

Shake your souls and help students who cant go to schools as their schools were destroyed by floods. 

Top businessmen, diplomats and politicians will be in attendance. 

Event Managed by: Miradore Productions

Venue: TBA

Donation Tickets: Rs. 5000 per head for single entry
VIP table of 10 including buffet dinner starting from Rs. 300,000

For details:
0333-4532030
0333-5578006
0345-5323808

EMAIL PYA HERE

info@pya.org.pk

Pakistan Youth Alliance remains to be the ONLY non-partisan youth organization to be acknowledge at UN Headquarters. New York City for its selfless and continuous work, whenever needed. 

Click below for press conference at UN HQ's mentioning PYA:

 

For complete international, local media coverage, reports and documentaries; see our facebook albums and our youtube channel 

 HELP US, HELP THEM!

Regards,
Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi
Chair/Founder Pakistan Youth Alliance
Central Executive Committee --  Khudi Pakistan
Coordinator for Youth Pages of The Islamabad Dateline

BB Pin: 25698CBD
Twitter @Ali_Abbas_Zaidi
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aliabbaszaidi
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Grace Stumberg: Millennium Music Conference: 7 City Tour

Buffalo, NY’s next musical offering aiming for the national stage merges strengths of that city’s best known musical exports, Ani DiFranco and the Goo Goo Dolls. In fact, one of her mentors is Goo Goo Dolls founding member, Robby Takac.

It’s 21-year old acoustic rock, singer songwriter Grace Stumberg that holds the hope for Buffalo making another in-road to the mainstream. She is the top graduate of the high school Music in Action program co-authored by Takac and is gaining critical support for her debut CD & live performances.

Stumberg’s sound is a blend of difranco’s acoustic snap, the pop vibes of the Goos with echos of Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Ingrid Michaelson, and Grace Potter.

She is fresh off a 7 city tour in support of NYC-based duo Left on Red on The Chocolate Revolution Tour 2011 that visited high school classrooms during the days and clubs in the evenings, sharing music, career stories, and global business lessons about "Fair Trade" chocolate as a smarter alternative to Valentine's Day. "Fair Trade" purchases, like coffee and chocolate, support small farmers and also reduce child-exploitation.

 © Erica Eichelkraut

At 21, Stumberg is gathering a strong network of industry fans that have opened invitation-only doors at America’s Got Talent, Roadtrip Nation, the 15^th annual Millennium Music Conference (Feb. 19, 2011), a talent agent at CAA (Creative Artists Agency, LA), and others. She also coordinates the Buffalo-based “tunes4food” food bank campaign that has raised over 40,000 meals since June 2009.

"She is the real thing... Stumberg has tapped into something

deep and meaningful..." - Jeff Miers - BUFFALO NEWS, June 4, 2010

"Grace Stumberg is a supernova! ...debut CD is what the world needs right now..."

- Susan Marie, NIGHTLIFE MAGAZINE, August 2010

"Stumberg has it all - songs, sounds & smarts...everything she needs to go all the way."

- Anthony Casuccio, THE GRAMMYS, September 2010

“Genuinely refreshing, lyrically astounding… Grace’s music deserves to be

heard by the masses. Lovely and wonderfully superb.” - IAE Magazine, December 2010

MUSIC, PRESS, PHOTOS & more: www.sonicbids.com/gracestumberg

CONTACT: Bob James, 716-912-6656 or bobjames1@aol.com

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Bob James,
Creative Director
www.studentvoices.org
716.912.6656 (cell)

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U.S. Boat To Gaza: Report from Madrid

We have recently returned from the Madrid meeting of the international flotilla and want to take this opportunity to bring you up to date on the U.S. Boat to Gaza campaign.  Enthusiasm and support for the international flotilla has continued to build with representatives from 22 countries at the meeting.  Current plans are for the flotilla to sail in the second half of May. Of the 22 countries, only a handful have a boat and are ready to go now, others have raised substantial amounts of money and will either have their own boat or will be ready to join up with others to float an international boat.  We are thrilled by the success of the people's revolution in Egypt.  Over time, we think this could be a tectonic shift in the environment in the Middle East and change the situation in Gaza as well.  Right now, though, we are not expecting major changes in the siege of Gaza.  Israel has, in fact, stepped up its attacks on fishermen and workers along the land border and has been bombing urban areas in the strip.  Our mission, to break the siege of Gaza, is as necessary as ever.  Hedy Epstein, human rights activist and Holocaust refugee:  "It's important to break the siege of Gaza which has been imposed by Israel for so many years.  People in Gaza have the right to travel.  People in the world have the right to visit Gaza.  Gaza needs a two way street for its economy." Medea Benjamin, co-founder CodePink Women for Peace:  "When governments and international institutions fail to pressure Israel to lift the siege of Gaza, it's up to civil society to act.  The flotilla is a lifeline between 1.5 million imprisoned people and the world community." Anna Baltzer, author, human rights activist and organizer:  "The US Boat to Gaza and the rest of the flotilla exemplify true international solidarity that refuses to wait for permission from Israel to do the right thing and support freedom for the men, women, and children in Gaza.  These defiant boats show that creative people of conscience united around a just cause can be stronger and more resilient than a military superpower." The U.S. Boat to Gaza has raised more than $300,000 to date.  We are working  in Europe to find the right boat.  Boats we have looked at would accommodate 40-60 passengers and our applications committee has been very busy working through the large number of wonderful people who want to be passengers. The challenges of organizing and managing the U.S. Boat campaign have led us to create a decision making council comprised of representatives from the active working groups.   Those groups are:  Applications, Outreach, Legal, Media, Endorsers, Fund raising, Boat/International, Trainers, Webwork, and Finance.

This is a huge effort and, to date, entirely a volunteer effort.  We are hoping to hire one paid staffer as a coordinator.   We welcome participation from anyone who wants to help.  We could use help particularly on fund raising, planning support actions, and working on local media across the country but we would welcome support and ideas in any of the committees.   To help with the campaign,  contact Nell Hirschmann-Levy at nellhl@gmail.com.  US Boat to Gaza Council Members Nic Abramson Laurie Arbeiter Lisa Fithian Felice Gelman Jane Hirschmann Nell Hirschmann-Levy Abdeen Jabara Ismail Khalidi Gail Miller Hannah Schwarzschild Brad Taylor Sarah Wellington Brandon West Ann Wright PURCHASE A SHIRT WHICH WILL HELP SUPPORT THE U.S. BOAT FINANCIALLY AND WEAR IT OFTEN TO SPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE ABOUT THE U.S. TO GAZA CAMPAIGN. GET ON BOARD THE U.S. TO GAZA CAMPAIGN VISIT WWW.USTOGAZA.ORG TO ENDORSE AND CONTRIBUTE Thank you for your support.       Susan Marie Public Relations Think Twice Radio This is NOT the Apple New York USA 2011 Contact Me