Fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina Victims – More Information
Thursday, September 225-8:30 pm (panel discussion, light dinner, and concerts)
Wang Center Theater and University Café (map and directions)
Musicians Alliance for Peace and Social Justice Alliance are holding a fundraiser to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina, from 5 to 8:30pm on Thursday, September 22 in the Wang Center Theatre, in Stony Brook University.
This event will consist of a panel discussion, dinner, and musical performances, to support victims who have suffered the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. 100% of proceeds will go to a selection of charities giving relief aid; people attending the benefit will be able to choose which relief organization they would like to support.
(5-6:15pm) Panel DiscussionKatrina: Political Dimensions of a Disaster
Speakers: Prof. Cynthia Bogard (Sociology, Hofstra) and Prof. Peniel E. Joseph (Africana Studies, Stony Brook)
Moderator: Chad Kautzer, Social Justice Alliance
(6:15-7pm) Light dinner
(7-8pm) Benefit concert, Wang Center Theatre
An eclectic group of Stony Brook's finest performers, including singer Kathleen Flynn, classical South Indian dancer Malini Srinivasan, early music, and jazz..
(8-10pm) Benefit concert, University Café
Blues concert.
Panel Speakers
Peniel E. Joseph teaches in the Department of Africana Studies at SUNY-Stony Brook. He is the author of Waiting Till the Midnight Hour: The Black Power Movement and American Society (New York: Henry Holt, 2006) and editor of The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era (New York: Routledge, 2006).
Cynthia Bogard teaches in the Department of Sociology at Hofstra University. Her publications focus on public policy, social movements and advocacy, gender, poverty, and homelessness
7pm Concert Program
- Jazz set featuring Hardin Butcher, Martin Loyato, Scott, Tristan Eggona, Jim Malone, and Jose Colmenares
- Bach suite (Jason Priset, guitar)
- Purcell songs (Kathleen Flynn, voice; Gabe Shuford, piano)
- Songs by Denise Gilson (Rachel Shutz, voice; Eric Sewell, violin; Dawn Chambers, piano)
- Songs by Dawn Chambers (Dawn Chambers and Rachel Shutz, voice)
- Malini Srinivasan, Baryatnatyam dancer (classical South Indian dance)
Sponsored by Musicians Alliance for Peace (MAP), the Social Justice Alliance (SJA), The Charles B. Wang Center, The University Café, The Graduate Students' Organization, The Department of Africana Studies, and the Offiec of Diversity and Affirmative Action