Transcript urban aid - HG Range

“THE DEEPEST
• FAULT LINES OF OUR DEMOCRACY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IN THE URBAN COMMUNITIES, AND IT IS TIME WE
GET A GRIP ON OURSELVES AND THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS DIVIDED US AND LEFT US WOUNDED, AND
ANGRY, AND HURT
FOR IN TRUTH
• IT IS DOWN TO THOSE DIVIDED, TO FIND THE CHARACTER AND THE WAY TO BRIDGE THESE DIVIDES
AND BECAUSE
• WORDS CAN BE INADEQUATE IN BRINGING ABOUT LASTING CHANGE
• LET US HEAL NOT WITH WORDS OR SPEECH
• BUT WITH ACTIONS AND IN TRUTH
FOR WE CAN
• NO LONGER WAIT FOR POLITICANS TO TELL US WHAT TO DO
SO LET US
• HEAL OURSELVES
• -- President Barak Obama, July 16, 2016, Dallas, TX
URBAN AID
• A FIVE CITY CONCERT SERIES PUT TOGETHER BY THE VISIONARIES OF URBAN, POP, LATIN AND ROCK
MUSIC TO RAISE MONEY TO LIFT UP THE URBAN COMMUNITIES PLAUGUED BY THE CYCLE OF GUN
VIOLENCE
THE MODEL
• URBAN AID IS MODELED AFTER THE FARM AID CONCERT SERIES THAT HAS TO DATE RAISED OVER 50
MILLION DOLLARS FOR AMERICAN FARMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES RAVAGED BY FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC,
AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS IN THE LAST 30 YEARS.
THE GOAL
• TO RAISE FUNDS FOR URBAN EDUCATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING , HEALTH CARE, INSPIRING JOB
CREATION, CAREER MENTORING, INCREASE POLICE SUPPORT AND POSITIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING,
ANTI-GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION, FAMILIES ALREADY TORN APART BY GUN VIOLENCE
THE TEAM
• PHILLANA WILLIAMS - HTTP://WWW.CLATL.COM/NEWS/ARTICLE/13087773/TUNECORE-BRINGSINDUSTRY-TO-INDIE
• SERGIO FERNANDEZ DE CORDOVA - HTTP://PVBLIC.ORG/
• WILL KENNEDY - HTTP://WWW.UN.ORG/PARTNERSHIPS/YSTAFFWILLKENNEDY.HTM
• H G RANGE - HTTP://WWW.HGRANGE.COM/