Calling all musicians and poets in the Madison/Milwaukee area...

Thank you Alida for sharing this!

JUST BUST, YELE-HAITI, and INKRED (repost from Jasmine Mans)

Yesterday at 23:17

As students with the privilege of being able to call ourselves Artist we understand the importance of giving back and helping to support a cause that may exist beyond ourselves. The tragic Earthquake in Yele, Haiti was something that touched the hearts of many minority students. As we tune in to our local new stations we seek to make a difference, as we know that this heartbreak could be happening to any of us. As First Wave students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison we use Hip-hop and other forms of art to raise public consciousness and self-awareness. We choose to donate our talents to the suffering people in Haiti. We know how far a single dollar can go and what we can achieve by working as one to send relief to our brothers and sisters in Haiti.

This Just Bust will be a Haiti relief show in partnership withUWHIPHOP and INKREDCLOTHING. This production will be a free fundraising event.

Hip-hop, Poetry, and musical performances will be brought to the stage while during intermission merchandise and baked goods will be sold with all proceeds going towards the Haiti Relief Fund of First Wave's choice. We ask our venders and musicians to donate their merchandise (books, CDs, etc) and ask our people to simply give what they can and bring a little change($) for Yele, Haiti because every little bit counts. Lets work together to give a hand. Through art there is change. The date and time for the show is pending.
If you wanna help hit up anyone in First Wave on the UW campus!!! ALL artists welcome to participate, PLEASE.

ALSO

today University of Wisconsin-Madison and First Wave student

Niko Tumamak owner of INKRED clothing decided to design a tee shirt specifically for Yele, Haiti relief.

The designer plans to send ALL proceeds to Haiti with every purchase of this $25 Tee Shirt through YELE.ORG. If you made it to his last fashion show he introduced to us CeaseFire a line that went specifically to promote a stop to Chicago gun and gang violence. INKRED Clothing is a brand that represents fashion for a good cause. Today First Wave along with UWhiphop.com Students for Better Music ask you to support INKRED Clothing and Yele, Haiti Relief as INKRED promotes change. To purchase this shirt and other INKRED items go to inkredclothing.com.

Here are the links to the organizations mentioned in this post, as well as the link to InkRed Clothing.

First Wave: http://omai.wisc.edu/

UW Hip-Hop: http://uwhiphop.blogspot.com/

InkRed Clothing: http://inkredclothing.com/