This Saturday, July 18, at 8:00pm and the Hidmo Eritrean Restaurant, Tamika Jackson will be hosting a fundraiser to raise money for her trip to Tanzania. The Hidmo is located on 20th and Jackson. The cover will be a sliding scale between $10-25. Doors open at 7:30pm, but the show begins at 8:00pm. There will be spoken word performance by Peeches and myself, followed by a special musical performance from fabulous punk band NighTrain. After 9:30pm, tunes will be provided by DJ Alternegro....who is amazing. I will also be hosting an art table and Mz. Blu will be selling her jewelry.
Tamika has spent the last two years as a HIV/AIDS educator and tester/counselor serving a community of African American women in Seattle. She was also a Shanti Volunteer.Tamika has also been working diligently to achieve a firm academic foundation in her studies at Seattle Central Community College. Within one year of returning to college she has accepted two scholarships from SCCC and the Greater Seattle Business Association. She has also earned two awards from Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor’s society for two year colleges, accepting one regionally and another internationally.
This is a sister who is really all about helping her community and growing into her power as an educator and a student. Part of her achievement has involved taking part in a class about global health. Through this course, she received an amazing, eye and heart opening experience that taught her more about other countries' health, and health care systems (or lack there of), what part the U.S. plays in maintaining the disparities felt through out the world, and how NGO’s are working to remedy some of the inequality. Now she has an opportunity to learn more through the Global Impact Program through Seattle Central.
The Tanzania visiting team will consists of 15-20 students, faculty, nurses, physicians and community members who will be volunteering in the Maasai Community. They will be working on community building with women, HIV/AIDS prevention, providing labor for community projects and working with orphans. There may also be an opportunity for Tamika to work in a clinic doing triage. This could be amazing experience. As a member of our community, Tamika has worked very hard to help others, now it is our turn to help her out. Please come to her fundraiser party this Saturday and if you can't, but you still feel moved to support her, below is the link to her pay pal account.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6668339
No comments:
Post a Comment