Archive for August, 2006

Rosario Dawson will host a charitable concert event in conjunction{nl}with Zync Music and Twenty Women For Darfur as part of Global Darfur{nl}Awareness Day. The concert will be held at the Avalon Hollywood, 1735{nl}N. Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, at 8:00 p.m. Many bands have donated{nl}their services for this benefit, including Bushwalla and Bitter:Sweet.{nl}There will be a raffle, door prizes and free drinks until 9 p.m.Several{nl}local celebrities are on the guest list, such as George Clooney, who{nl}filmed in Darfur and who has been very active in encouraging others to{nl}work toward an end to the genocide. Twenty Women For Darfur is a group{nl}of concerned citizens who have formed a coalition aimed at raising{nl}donations for the displaced families in Darfur. Their events also serve{nl}the purpose of educating the public on the conflict taking place in the{nl}region. All proceeds from the September 17th concert event will go to{nl}the International Rescue Committee, a non-profit organization (IRC),{nl}for their efforts in Darfur. {nl}The IRC helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic{nl}persecution, as well as those uprooted by war and violence. The IRC{nl}provides water, food, shelter, sanitation and medical care for the{nl}refugees they serve. For more information, please visit: www.twentywomenfordarfur.org or call (818) 345-8570.[ SOURCE ]

Voto Latino, a nonprofit organization founded by actor Rosario{nl}Dawson, announced today that it is rolling out the first U.S. cell{nl}phone-based voter registration drive to register an ambitious number of{nl}young American Latinos for the November 2006 elections. The nonpartisan{nl}campaign will be powered by Mobile Voter’s TxtVoter (txtvoter.org), a{nl}free nationwide text messaging voter registration service that any{nl}organization can use anytime and anywhere.(click below to read more){nl}{nl}

If there’s one celebrity who puts his money where his mouth is, it’s Bono,{nl}who spends a lot of his time rallying support for the fight against{nl}AIDS. The U2 frontman, along with the EDUN clothing brand he{nl}co-created, is at it again with the new ONE T-Shirt which will benefit{nl}the battle against AIDS, extreme poverty and bring fair trade to the{nl}country of Lesotho in Southern Africa.While Bono alone would be enough to generate support, he’s got some extra help from a slew of celebs for the new campaign. Lindsay Lohan, Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams, Jimmy Fallon, Naomi Watts, Rosario Dawson{nl}and many more joined in for the print ads — and TMZ has the{nl}behind-the-scenes footage of the photo shoot. Model Helena Christensen,{nl}the beauty from Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” video, served as photographer for the star-studded shoot.The shirts will be available at Nordstrom for $40 starting September 11th. For more information go to ONE.org.[ SOURCE ]To view behind the scenes footage of the shoot, check out the source. {nl}{nl}