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January Articles Posted!
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StubDog Events |
Get great deals on event tickets in Austin, Houston, Dallas/Fort-Worth, and Los Angeles. StubDog Events gives back to the community in ways that will ultimately promote the arts and help young people follow their dreams and discover their passions. They donate a % of profits in each city to various organizations that have the ability to inspire our next great artists. | |
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Greetings!
With a new year, we bring you new events, new sponsorships, and new opportunities!
AM Only recently made a generous donation to NextAid on behalf of their artists. Check out their incredible roster at: www.amonly.com
There's news in the Green Scene on a more Sustainable Africa. Nigeria promotes solar power under their current adminisration's "Clean and Green" initiative.
With Valentine's Day coming up, here's a chance to give in the name of those you love. A Valentine's Day eCard will make the perfect gift while helping children orphaned by AIDS.
Be sure to read on for upcoming events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami!
Thank you for reading!
The NextAid Family |
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Promote a NextAid Benefit! |
Check our the launch of our Promoters Page at www.nextaid.org/promoters.htm and see all of the new tools we have to promote a NextAid event. There, you can easily fill out an event proposal form and access our tool kit of banners, logos, and information about NextAid that you may use for your event. So make your next event a NextAid benefit! |
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Valentine's Day eCards |
 This Valentine's Day, show someone how much you care by making the world a better place for both of you. Your tax-deductible donation of $25 to NextAid can buy 50 bricks, bringing us even closer to making safe and sustainable homes for the children who have lost their parents to AIDS. Honor your loved one with this special gift today. http://nextaid.org/valentine08/index.htm |
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NextAid PSA Launched |
We are proud to have launched our newest PSA with Artists including Louie Vega, Miguel Migs, DJ Colette, Mark Farina, Kaskade, and more. Check it out at: http://www.nextaid.org/NEXTAIDPSA.html
Make it Viral! Spread the word and post this video on all of your social networking sites. Not on one? Look left... |
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Featured Partners: BK Mecca and Urban Sanctuary |
 Urban Sanctuary's mission is to promote culturally rich projects in conjunction with fundraising events that raise our awareness to the needs and challenges facing individuals and communities within the urban landscape and beyond.  DJ Sabine's OYASOUND Productions/BK Mecca events focus on the exposure and pleasures of African Diaspora music akin to Ancestral House, Afrobeat, Afrotech and Haitian Roots. Urban Sanctuary and Brooklyn Mecca partnered in 2007 to support the efforts of NextAid by incorporating creative fundraising elements to their grassroots-groundbreaking dance parties.
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Miami WMC Party with a Purpose |
Join the movement. WMC 2008 Party With A Purposein association with NextAid, The MML, and The Outloud Agency Group. If your party has a bigger cause this year, such as a charitable or social benefit, then you're invited to join Party With A Purpose. You will receive priority promotion from The MML ground breaking new promotional platform. If you don't already have a worthy cause you are contributing to but want to make a difference, please consider us! |
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Groove Cruise is BACK! |
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 Whet Travel's Groove Cruise and NextAid continue a growing partnership in 2008. Since 2004, the Groove Cruise has taken over 2,300 like-minded young professionals drawn together by a love of dance music and the mantra to "Work Hard and Play Harder." The Groove Cruises are weekend cruises on huge Royal Caribbean cruise ships from Miami and LA with the world's top DJ talent. On the July 25-28 2008 Groove Cruise from LA (Vegas at Sea) will be NextAid supporters DJ Dan and Donald Glaude along with 10 other DJ's. A portion of every Groove Cruise goes to support the efforts of NextAid. For pricing info and to view pics and video, please visit http://www.WhetTravel.com and mention discount code "NextAid" for $50 off per person. |
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Angels in the Dust at PAFF |
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 On February 16th, the Pan African Film Festival will be screening "Angels in the Dust," the inspiring documentary about Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist who - with her husband and three daughters - fearlessly walked away from a priviledged life in a wealthy Johannesburg suburb to build Botshabelo, an extraordinary village and school that provides shelter, food, and education to more than 550 South African children. http://www.dolfilms.org/angels
The PAFF presents over 100 films from across the globe that showcase the diversity and complexity of people of African descent. It is one of America's largest fine arts shows featuring prominent and emerging black artists and fine crafts people, including local, national, and international poets, musicians, and storytellers. http://www.paff.org |
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More Upcoming Events |
March 5
Levende SF
Levende Bar, 1710 Mission @ Duboce, San Francisco, CA 94103
Levende Lounge, winner of the "Best of" CitySearch in 10 categories, is generously supporting NextAid on March 5th by offering a % of dinner sales, which will be followed by an afterparty featuring top local favorite DJ's. SAVE THE DATE and check back on the NextAid website as the details come together. http://www.levendesf.com
March 8
Create:Fixate
613 Imperial St. Los Angeles, CA.
Join NextAid and Create:Fixate at this one of a kind event where the theme for the evening is "Transformation". Learn more about Create:Fixate at http://createfixate.com
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