Spring Break
Show to benefit Building Together
Elizabeth Kelly
Issue date: 2/7/08 Section: News
Through the partnership between Notre Dame's Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), the African Student Association and ND-8, Artists for Africa will perform a benefit performance tonight and Friday.
This year's Artists for Africa benefit will showcase student musicians, a cappella groups and dance groups. Featured acts include Project Fresh, Notre Dame's urban dance crew, Halftime, a campus co-ed a cappella group, The Dance Company of Notre Dame and First Class Steppers, Notre Dame's stepping troupe.
The benefit will also include student solo artists Michael Rose and Simon Chun, as well as local band Half Pint Jones.
All of the proceeds from the benefit concert will go toward Building Tomorrow, a non-profit organization supported mostly by colleges across the nation. The organization encourages young people to promote awareness and raise funds for educating children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sophomore Barbara Ho, who is organizing this year's Artists For Africa benefit, said she is looking forward to collaborating with campus groups to raise money for Building Tomorrow.
"I've always wanted to do some kind of benefit concert," Ho said. "It's a nice way to showcase groups on campus for a really good cause."
ND-8 partnered with Building Tomorrow when planning Artists for Africa. ND-8 is a student-run organization on campus that promotes the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals for improving social justice around the world. These eight goals include combating poverty, improving the environment and providing universal education. ND-8's education subcommittee, which focuses on the development goal of universal education, has been working closely with Building Tomorrow by raising money for the project through fundraisers since fall 2007.
Ho first heard about Building Tomorrow when the organization's founder, George Srour, delivered a lecture at Notre Dame last spring during Millennium Development Goals Week.
This year's Artists for Africa benefit will showcase student musicians, a cappella groups and dance groups. Featured acts include Project Fresh, Notre Dame's urban dance crew, Halftime, a campus co-ed a cappella group, The Dance Company of Notre Dame and First Class Steppers, Notre Dame's stepping troupe.
The benefit will also include student solo artists Michael Rose and Simon Chun, as well as local band Half Pint Jones.
All of the proceeds from the benefit concert will go toward Building Tomorrow, a non-profit organization supported mostly by colleges across the nation. The organization encourages young people to promote awareness and raise funds for educating children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sophomore Barbara Ho, who is organizing this year's Artists For Africa benefit, said she is looking forward to collaborating with campus groups to raise money for Building Tomorrow.
"I've always wanted to do some kind of benefit concert," Ho said. "It's a nice way to showcase groups on campus for a really good cause."
ND-8 partnered with Building Tomorrow when planning Artists for Africa. ND-8 is a student-run organization on campus that promotes the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals for improving social justice around the world. These eight goals include combating poverty, improving the environment and providing universal education. ND-8's education subcommittee, which focuses on the development goal of universal education, has been working closely with Building Tomorrow by raising money for the project through fundraisers since fall 2007.
Ho first heard about Building Tomorrow when the organization's founder, George Srour, delivered a lecture at Notre Dame last spring during Millennium Development Goals Week.