Tyler James has asked that his part of the post be dedicated to educating about the spread of malaria, hunger, and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Here are a few resources pertaining to these:
An informative video on malaria and what we can do to help
Read how malaria and HIV/AIDS connect:
Learn more about the extreme poverty in Africa:
My brother Frank has asked me to let everyone know that he likes to take photos. He says he will take pictures of an event of your choice for a million dollars in return. What an enticing offer! (He actually did a pretty good job last time I asked him to take pictures for the blog! Click here to see his work!)
Adrian Forrest makes Aikido tutorial videos! They are really cool, even if you've never even heard of Aikido before. In fact, the embedded video below -- one of Adrian's -- explains the basics! Click here to access his whole collection of videos.
Lauren Hornsby is a cross-country star! She has a whole website called "Run Hard, Live Strong," specifically designed for teen female runners, in which she gives suggestions on gear, drops quick tips, talks about nutrition/recipes, and all that good stuff that runners need to know! Even if you are not a running star like Lauren is, you'll still find this site interesting -- I know I do! Go here to visit her website.
Celina Hu draws well. Like, really well. She is doing a project in which she draws stuff. Awesome.
Anna Marks has started a project called the Children's Liberation Collective. She says this on the project's Facebook group:
Over fifty countries currently recruit children under age eighteen into their armed forces.
By 1990 about two million children had died in armed conflicts around the world.
The youngest child soldier is about seven years old.
We can end this.
The goal of this collective is to gather together a group of artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and writers to raise awareness in our community for the atrocities commited against children around the world.
By creating a twenty-four hour long art production workshop culminating in an art show/poetry reading/art auction. We will spend a whole day creating art inspired by the fantastic stories of these children around the globe. It can be poems, music, paintings, drawings, short stories, essays, or anything else you desire. At the end of our time together we will open up our doors to the public and invite them in to see the fruits of our labor. There will be an art show/poetry reading for the first half, and then an auction for the second bit. All of the proceeds will be donated to the invisible children foundation.
If you are interested in becoming involved with any of these projects, leave a comment or send me an email at mariajerniganmusic@gmail.com and I will contact the person you need to reach for you!
For the comments: What do you think of these projects? Any of them in particular that you might be interested in helping out with?
For the comments: What do you think of these projects? Any of them in particular that you might be interested in helping out with?
