HIV/AIDS
Canadian Aid Helps Sierra Leone Youth Charity Start Label, Release Album
Canadian Aid Helps Sierra Leone Youth Charity Start Label, Release Album Artists United For Children and Youth Development (AUCAYD) in war-torn Sierra Leone has formed its own label, AUCAYD Records, and released its debut album, Give Some Little Love, available for purchase via MapleMusic, iTunes Canada, iTunes US and Amazon. From 1991 to 2002, a civil…
Honey Jam All-Female Singing Showcase Donates To Women's Charities For 16 Years
Honey Jam All-Female Singing Showcase Donates To Women's Charities For 16 Years Ebonnie Rowe (L) with Aisha Wickham ThomasPhem Phat Entertainment Group’s Ebonnie Rowe has managed to keep Toronto’s Honey Jam, the multi-genre female singing showcase at which Nelly Furtado was discovered, alive for 16 years. No matter how difficult that has been, she…
411 TV Aims To Empower 7000 Female Students
411 TV Aims To Empower 7000 Female Students A youth initiative to empower girls is expanding its scope with an in-school live “television” presentation entitled 411 TV. The 411 Initiative For Change organization, sometimes simply called 411, will be touring the program in 20 Ontario schools from March 21 to April 1 and is expect to reach 7000 female students. Since launching in 1999, 411 has…
HIV/AIDS Benefit Includes Roundtable Talk With Harry Belafonte and Stephen Lewis
HIV/AIDS Benefit Includes Roundtable Talk With Harry Belafonte and Stephen Lewis Photo credit: Gordon Griffiths / Courtesy of The Stephen Lewis FoundationThe Hope Rising! benefit concert, dinner and roundtable discussion, May 3 at The Sony Centre for Performing Arts in Toronto, is a brand new fundraising event for The Stephen Lewis Foundation to help…
Does Michael Franti Agree With Neil Young: That Music No Longer Has The Power To Change The World?
Does Michael Franti Agree With Neil Young: That Music No Longer Has The Power To Change The World? Photo credit: James MinchinIn February, 2008, Neil Young — the man who penned the protest song “Ohio” and 2006’s anti-Bush album Living with War — told a media conference in Germany, “I think that the time when music could change the world is past,”…
Rock Singer Lukas Rossi Auctions Off One-On-One Dinners For Charity
Rock Singer Lukas Rossi Auctions Off One-On-One Dinners For Charity Lukas Rossi, who has maintained a dedicated fan base since winning the TV talent search Rock Star: Supernova in 2006, charges $500 to have dinner with him, but it’s not a sneaky way to get a fancy meal on the road. “It has been a tradition for Lukas to have a dinner with a fan for the…
Dracula, Little Women, Anna Karenina Part of New RED Products at Indigo Books
Dracula, Little Women, Anna Karenina Part of New RED Products at Indigo Books Starting on World AIDS Day, December 1, Canadian readers can contribute towards programs that fight HIV and AIDS in Africa, while they broaden their minds. Penguin Classics has partnered with Indigo Books and Music, the country’s largest book retailer, to launch a new line of…
Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy To Continue Work With Staying Alive Foundation
Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy To Continue Work With Staying Alive Foundation Travie McCoy presents grantee Mandakini with a Staying Alive Foundation Award tGym Class Heroes vocalist Travie McCoy, who shot a documentary and released a charity single last year for MTV Networks International’s Staying Alive Foundation, plans to continue bringing attention…
The Bryan Adams Foundation Is Doing Remarkable Work
The Bryan Adams Foundation Is Doing Remarkable Work Bryan Adams at The Bread of Life home for children living with AIDS/HIV in St. Vincent - photo courtesy of The Bryan Adams FoundationBryan Adams was recently honoured with the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at the 2010 Juno Awards in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, which he was unable to accept…
Rwanda Rising Up Album And Doc Features Hot Hot Heat, Billy Talent, Operation MD, And More
Rwanda Rising Up Album And Doc Features Hot Hot Heat, Billy Talent, Operation MD, And More Hot Hot Heat's Steve Bays and Muhizi Patrick from Rwandan group Holy Jadoves in the newly-built studio in KigaliFor musician/producer Darcy Ataman, founder of Canadian Artists for African Aid Inc., a.k.a. “Song For Africa,” what began as his “little contribution to…
Did This “Affected” Young Man Get A Yes From Dragon’s Den?
Did This “Affected” Young Man Get A Yes From Dragon’s Den? Brady Thrasher on an upcoming episode of Dragon's Den, where a panel of wealthy entrepreneurs sayBrady Thrasher wants to know what’s affected you, and then for you to buy the T-shirt. The 23-year old Windsor, Ontario entrepreneur is the founder of the Affected Campaign, a line of clothing…
Bill Clinton: ‘If We All Just Did A Little Bit’
Bill Clinton: ‘If We All Just Did A Little Bit’ Photo credit: Clinton FoundationFormer U.S. President Bill Clinton has helped change the lives of hundreds of millions since leaving office in January, 2001. Through his William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, he’s responsible for bringing affordable AIDS medication to 70 countries, supporting zero-emission…
Toronto Fashion Week ‘Dares To Wear Love’ Event
Toronto Fashion Week ‘Dares To Wear Love’ Event Hoax Couture and the Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC) are partnering with the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) to produce a closing night runway show with Canada’s top designers at LG Fashion Week beauty by L’Oréal Paris. Dare to Wear Love on Oct. 23 will combine African-themed fashion, dance and music. A Dare to Remember is SLF’s new…
A Slaight of Charitable Causes
A Slaight of Charitable Causes