Music, Social Justice

Music Saves Lives

0 Comments 08 January 2010

About:

Music Saves Lives® is the conduit between music, entertainment and important life-saving causes. Since beginning in 2005, the Music Saves Lives® has grown to be a trusted source for young individuals that care and want to learn about life-saving issues.
Our community has found that Music Saves Lives® offers an easy way to give back in the cities they live in and travel to along with connecting to the entertainment they love. MSL has focused its main efforts on blood donation and the marrow registry, reaching out by sharing facts, educating and creating life saving events.

We want to help educate young people about the importance of simple life saving actions they can participate in. These simple efforts, like donating blood or registering for the marrow program, can identifies them as being a contributor to the community they live in.
As an official 501(c)3 nonprofit in the US we are looking worldwide to have one focus, saving lives. We have grown from Southern California to having a National reach and we are looking outside our boarders to spread the MSL goal, A simple plan of saving lives. “Saving Lives Has Never Sounded So Good!”

Our Mission:

Community: To create opportunities for people to save lives with simple contributions and to teach the facts about the effects of what they contribute to. We then bridge their efforts to something special related to music, musical artists and general entertainment.
Industry: We strive to give the music industry and related entertainment industries opportunities for a targeted direction in saving lives and giving back to the community. We aim to create measureable promotions that educate the need to save lives.
Organizations: To work with life-saving organizations by giving them the opportunity to advance their goals as we reach out to college and high school markets. We are educating thousands of students that will be the life saving factor in the future.

Check them out at: http://www.musicsaveslives.com

Downloads, Music

Thrice’s Daytrotter

0 Comments 04 January 2010

Thrice’s “Daytrotter” sessions can be downloaded here.

News, Social Justice

Operation Christmas Child

0 Comments 24 December 2009

Merry Christmas Eve Everyone!

Being as it’s that time of year again, check out a truly great Charity focusing on making Christmas a little brighter for underprivileged youth around the world:

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/

News, Social Justice

INVISIBLE CHILDREN

0 Comments 28 November 2009

How It Started

In the spring of 2003, three young filmmakers traveled to Africa in search of a story. What started out as a filmmaking adventure transformed into much more when these boys from Southern California discovered a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them, a tragedy where children are both the weapons and the victims.

After returning to the States, they created the documentary “Invisible Children: Rough Cut,” a film that exposes the tragic realities of northern Uganda’s night commuters and child soldiers.

The film was originally shown to friends and family, but has now been seen by millions of people. The overwhelming response has been, “How can I help?” To answer this question, the non-profit Invisible Children, Inc. was created, giving compassionate individuals an effective way to respond to the situation.

Who We Are

We are storytellers. We are visionaries, humanitarians, artists, and entrepreneurs. We are individuals part of a generation eager for change and willing to pursue it.

As a non-profit we work to transform apathy into activism. By documenting the lives of those living in regions of conflict and injustice, we hope to educate and inspire individuals in the Western world to use their unique voice for change. Our media creates an opportunity for people to become part of a grassroots movement that intelligently responds to what.s happening in the world.

But our work extends beyond our borders. In war-affected regions we focus on long-term development, working directly with individuals and institutions that are eager to realize their full potential. Through education and innovative economic opportunities, we partner with affected communities and strive to improve the quality of life for individuals living in conflict and post-conflict regions.