Via: NewsOne.com // While Drew Brees is getting a lot of attention after winning the Super Bowl and has done the traditional Disney World commercial, New Orleans Saints defensive captain, Jonathan Vilma, has other plans. Vilma told reporters that he would go to Haiti after the Super Bowl to help out in earthquake relief. Here’s […]
Via: NewsOne.com // PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ten members of a U.S. missionary group who said they were trying to rescue 33 child victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake were charged with child kidnapping and criminal association on Thursday, their lawyer said. Edwin Coq said after a court hearing that a judge found sufficient evidence to charge […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From CNN: Port-au-Prince, Haiti — On the first day of school after the earthquake, Medlika Rameau told her classmates about how she was trapped in the rubble of her house with her mother and little sister. Rameau’s leg was pinned under concrete. Her mother wanted rescuers to amputate her left leg so […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From CNN: Los Angeles, California — Dozens of recording stars converged on a Hollywood studio on Monday evening to add their voices to a song they hope will raise millions of dollars for Haitian earthquake relief. The lyrics and music are an updated version of “We Are the World,” a song that […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From 9 News.com Third-grader Amirikis Smith thought being mentioned in Obama’s speech was ‘amazing.’ “It lives on,” the president said, “in the 8-year-old boy in Louisiana, who just sent me his allowance and asked if I would give it the people of Haiti.” The president did not identify the young man by name, […]
Via: HelloBeautiful.com // Nine-time GRAMMY® winner Mary J. Blige and world-renowned pop tenor Andrea Bocelli will join forces and perform live together in a special fund-raising segment for Haiti relief on the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. This once-in-a-lifetime performance (audio and video) of the Simon & Garfunkel classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water” will be made […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From the NY Times: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Maxi Extralien, a twig-thin 10-year-old in a SpongeBob pajama top, ate only a single bean from the heavy plate of food he received recently from a Haitian civic group. He had to make it last. “My mother has 12 kids but a lot of them […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From CNN: Port-au-Prince, Haiti — French rescue workers pulled a 24-year-old man alive from the rubble of a hotel in Haiti on Saturday, 11 days after an earthquake devastated much of the country. Wismond Jean-Pierre, who had no visible injuries but was severely dehydrated, was immediately loaded into an ambulance and taken […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From CNN: Los Angeles, California — Friday night’s star-studded “Hope for Haiti” telethon has raised a record-breaking $58 million, with more donations continuing to pour in from around the world, the benefit’s organizers announced Saturday. The preliminary figure is a record for donations made by the public through a disaster relief telethon, […]
Via: TheUrbanDaily.com // If you missed last night’s “Hope For Haiti” telethon, your television must have been turned off as it was on every channel. Check out some of the performance highlights from the telethon below! GIVE HAITI QUAKE RELIEF! Jay-Z, Rihanna, The Edge, Bono “Stranded” Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris “Hallelujah” Beyoncé “Halo” Jennifer […]
// From The Urban Daily: Almost seven years ago David Lamb and his wife Jamillah created and produced the off-Broadway play, Platanos & Collard Greens. The romantic comedy tells the story of two college students, Freeman, an African-American man and Angelita, a Latino woman, both forced to confront and overcome cultural and racial prejudices while […]
Via: HelloBeautiful.com // Oprah dedicated her show to Haiti yesterday, with performances by Rihanna & Maxwell. Wyclef Jean also joined as a special guest. Rihanna delivered her rendition of Bob Marley’s “Redemption” song, and Maxwell performed “Fistful of Tears” off his latest album. Check out the performances below: http://cdn.hellobeautiful.com/external/js/gallery/757702/ Rihanna covers Bob Marley for Haiti […]
