NEW ORLEANS - Dec. 18, 2020 - Posted Courtesy of Wright Enterprises
San Francisco~Dallas
Media Advisory
NOLA's "Royal Family of Funk" Batiste Fathers and Sons of the New Millennium at BB King's Blues Club with Grammy Award- winning Latin artists: Jose Conde, Jorge Moreno, Xperimento, Itawe and Jamaica's Sizzla for "Operacion Asentamientos Humanos" Christmas MASKerade Disaster Relief Concert & Fundraiser tonight, Friday, December 18th 7 p.m.-12 a.m. Central Standard Time.
Who: Artists: Latin award winning artists Jose Conde, Jorge Moreno, Itawe, Xperimento, Sizzla of Jamaica and NOLA's Jamal Batiste, Damon Batiste, and organizers: Charles Sharp of the Black Managers Emergency Association (BEMA); Sergio Arturo Cabrera of Mambo Mundo; and Damon Batiste of New Orleans South Africa Connection (NOSACONN, Inc.).
What: A "FREE" 5-hour Virtual and In-Person Disaster Relief Concert and Fundraiser launching "Operacion Asentamientos Humanos." The in-person audience will be socially distanced along with performers of the Christmas MASK-erade Disaster Relief Fundraiser, with emphasis on "MASK." Public can help survivors of Hurricanes ETA & IOTA with a donation: nosaconn.com and oahrelief.org.
When: TONIGHT, Friday, December 18th, 7 p.m. until 12 a.m. CST
Where: BB Kings Blues Club, 1104 Decatur Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
Why: During the 2020 hurricane season, two "level 4" hurricanes, "Eta & Iota," struck the Caribbean and Central America causing extensive loss of life, destruction of livestock, homes and the devastation of economies. The storms exacerbated the struggle of the survivors as the result of the global Covid-19 pandemic that began March 2020. Although media attention has waned, the humanitarian crisis remains for the survivors.
https://www.facebook.com/Dotcommer/videos/10158151788531173 (Situation Report Video narrated by Felipe N. Noguera)
Receiving news of the continuing crisis from residents of Honduras, Nicaragua and Jamaica, The Black Emergency Managers Association International (BEMA) teamed up with Mambo Mundo and New Orleans South Africa Connection (NOSACONN) to organize "Operacion Asentamientos Humanos" in less than 30 days. The partnership has resulted in an on-going disaster preparedness and relief campaign. It has kicked off with OAH Christmas Maskerade Disaster Relief Concert & Fundraiser. Visit www.oahrelief.org and www.nosaconn.com for details.
Focus on Honduras, Nicaragua and Jamaica is the result of BEMA, Mambo Mundo and NOSACONN Inc. knowing and trusting on the ground relief workers and organizations that will give direct aid to survivors in need. Organizers are giving assistance where it is most needed as survivors rebuild their lives, homes, economies.
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Media Note: For day of media interviews of artists and organizers contact Marco Acosta in New Orleans at 504-231-5457. For additional inquiries and assistance contact Jackie Wright, San Francisco-Dallas, at 415 525 0410.
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