Stand Up Charlottesville
for Darfur II
Friday, September 12
7 pm
from Ireland -- Lúnasa!
from Mali -- Vieux Farka Toure!
EVENT WEBSITE: http://standupcharlottesville.weebly.com/index.html
Though all ticket proceeds will be spent to alleviate suffering in war-torn and drought-ravaged Darfur, local concert-goers will also reap a rich reward as they are transported to musical other-worlds by Ireland’s Lúnasa and Mali’s Vieux Farka Toure.
Folk Roots called Lúnasa an "Irish music dream team". The layered tapestry that underpins their sound is marked by driving, occasionally jazz-inflected rhythms, impeccable individual musicianship and an unswerving faith in the music's ability to navigate new territory with the same confidence as it revisits the old. Connoisseurs of the genre count Lúnasa among the top two or three Irish acts in the world today. Hear for yourself on YouTube.
As a boy, Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Toure secretly played along to recordings of his legendary father Ali Farka Toure. Ali, who passed away in 2006, feared his son would face the same hardships he had in the music industry. But Toumani Diabaté -- the world’s premiere kora player -- recognized Vieux’s gift and urged Ali to accept his son’s chosen path. Ali agreed, and under Toumani’s guidance, the younger Toure flourished. Rightful heir to the domain, Vieux embodies strains of African tradition that have circled the world, sparked the blues and rock and jazz, and returned home more rooted than ever. See and hear him at at YouTube.
Tonight’s beneficiary, Concern Worldwide, is one of the world’s foremost relief organizations. Praised internationally for its work in Darfur, Concern ties life-saving emergency programming -- provision of food, health supplies, water, and housing -- to innovative, long-term development efforts. One program, for instance, teaches women how to build and use fuel-efficient stoves. Along with reducing respiratory disease, this skill prevents violence towards women who would otherwise leave the safety of camp to collect wood.
Welcome by Mayor Dave Norris.
Speaker: Human Rights Activist, and writer, David Morse.
Special Guest: Reverend Alvin Edwards
Presenting Organizations
Virginia Organizing Project (VOP)
Presenting Businesses
The Omni Hotel
Sponsoring Organizations
Charlottesville Center for Peace &Justice
Amnesty International 157
Alliance For Community Choice in Transportation
UVA Students Taking Action Now for Darfur - (for details of David Morse’s talk @UVA early pm 9/12 talk)
Media Sponsor 
Tickets
$15 •$48 • $68 • $88
Please give more if you can afford to do so.
Thank you for helping to maximize Charlottesville’s contribution to lessen the suffering in Darfur.
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