12/02/2007

JAMNESTY at UW: Hip Hop for a cause DEC 6th 7pm

JAMNESTY: Hip Hop for a Cause

On Thursday, December 6, from 7pm-10:00pm in the University o Washington HUB North Den
(http://depts.washington.edu/sauf/hub/directions.php), the UW Amnesty
International group will be hosting "JAMNESTY!" a benefit hip-hop concert. The show itself
will be FREE, but we STRONGLY ENCOURAGE donations to go towards our cause
(listed below). The performing artists include:

Abyssinian Creole (hip hop duo of Gabriel Teodros and Khingz; http://www.myspace.com/abcreole)
Rudy and the Rhetoric (Voted Top 5 "Best Music on Campus" by MTVu; http://www.myspace.com/rudyandtherhetoric)
Sista Hailstorm (http://myspace.com/sistaha ilstorm)
Hep D MC
DJ Pedro Palooze (http://myspace.com/djpedro palooze)

All proceeds will be going toward workers of the only two unionized garment
factories in Guatemala, which have been closed down since May. For more info on
the cause, please visit www.maquilajustice.org

The facebook event can be found here:
http://washington.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7251235582&ref=mf

For any further inquiries, please email visfortruth@gmail.com

Thanks and hope to see you all out there!

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