PROPOSAL: Philippine Earthquake Relief Fund Concerts for the Aeta Indigenous Communities Devastated by the Earthquake of April 2019

Philippine Earthquake Relief Fund

Concerts for the Aeta Indigenous Communities Devastated by the Earthquake of April 2019

featuring a global lineup of bands

Kokoy Severino legaspi12d1@gmail.com 832-814-4053 (U.S.) 09204120628 (Philippines)

FROM: Kokoy Severino, Event Coordinator

TO: The Presidents

RE: Proposal to perform as a top billing in a benefit concert at a local live music venue featuring socially conscious world music bands, to raise badly needed funds for and awareness of the plight of indigenous Aeta communities in Pampanga, Philippines whose homes have been devastated by the recent earthquake. Proceeds from the concert go to the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center’s Alay Bayan-Luson, Inc., a grassroots organization serving communities in need in central Luzon, Philippines including the Aeta people. For more information, http://www.cdrc-phil.com/abi/ http://www.cdrc-phil.com/

TARGET DATES OF EVENTS:

Sunday June 9, 2019 in Austin, Texas

Saturday July 6, 2019 in Makati, Philippines

Sunday September 1, 2019 in Houston, Texas

PROPOSED VENUES:

Austin: Sahara Lounge, Radio Coffee and Beer, Spider House Ballroom

Houston: Warehouse Live, Avant Garden, Super Happy Funland

Makati: saGuijo

OTHER ARTISTS TO BE INVITED: Via Rosa, Atash, Free Radicals, Karina Nistal, Lois Albez, kayumanggi Pinoy rock band, Paloma Jaceldo, other socially conscious world music bands

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INVITED AS SPONSORS: International Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines

SUGGESTED COVER CHARGE AT THE DOOR: $2.00, but no one will be turned away. All sales from bar and kitchen go to the venue, all sales of band merchandise go to artists at their discretion. Our goal is for 500 or more people to donate an average of $2.00 each.

PUBLICITY: The event will be publicized globally through social media online, and locally through various formats including print and radio. The event not only aims to support the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center’s Alay Bayan-Luson, Inc.’s immediate cause to provide relief for Aeta earthquake victims through fund-raising, but also by drawing attention to the organization’s mission as well as to the general plight of indigenous nations who are among the most persecuted communities in the Philippines.

The Coordinator, Kokoy Severino, will be traveling to the Philippines in July and November and can deliver the funds directly to the CDRC.