A group of Brooklyn organizations are trying to respond to the urgent need for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. An estimated 3 million people lack food, shelter and basic medical care and many will die this winter. We reach out to you in the hope that you will attend the following event:
Afghanistan Today and Tomorrow:
An Evening of Music, Dance, Politics, Poetry and Art to Benefit Afghan Refugees
December 15, 2001, 5:00 - 9:30
Grace Church Brooklyn Heights , 254 Hicks St. near Joralemon
Suggested donation: .00.
PROGRAM
5:00 SLIDE SHOW of Life in Afghanistan in 2001
Photographer Jason Florio narrating.
6:00 PANEL Humanitarian Crisis and What Can Be Done
Sarah Zaidi, CESR, will report on conditions in the refugee camps and discuss Afghanistan’s potential reconstruction
Nadia Hijab, human development, human rights, gender, and media author
Karen Beckman, Princeton University, moderator
Audience Q & A will follow
8:00 PERFORMANCES by master musicians, poets and dancers
from Afghanistan and the Middle East
Quraishi, rubab
Leeza Ahmady and Zeina al Quama, folk dancers
Efendi: Music of the Middle East
Zaq Sherzade, poet
Roya Ghiyazi, visual artist
Afghan treats to eat and more.
If you want to volunteer or would like to make a donation, we would love to have your help. For more information, call the Community Relief Hotline 718-832-8815 or send an e-mail to esullivan@cesr.
Donations are tax-deductible; please make checks payable to CESR and mail them to 162 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 and indicate “Afghan Refugee Benefit.”
Sponsored by Community Relief, the Center for Economic and Social Rights and the House of the Lord Church, Reverend Herbert Daughtry, pastor