FRIDAY DECEMBER 2ND, 2011 7:00PM – 10:00PM
ARONOW THEATER
The City College of New York – 160 Convent Avenue (@136th Street)
Theme
The Theme of the EMPOWER’D Event is ‘Empowerment Through The Arts, Education and Entrepreneurship’, and as such will feature performances in the Arts, as well the impact of Entrepreneurship on youth. There will also be the sales/silent auction of highly coveted autographed items like an autographed Mohammed Ali Lithograph, a Paul McCartney autographed album, BB King and U2 autographed guitars and MORE!!!
Purpose
The purpose of the event is four fold:
1. To draw attention to the problems of youth disconnection, youth poverty, educational disadvantage and opportunity divide
2. To raise funds to starts tackling these problems through Re:LIFE Inc’s programs
3. To increase visibility for Re:LIFE Inc and its programs in our community and New York City as a whole, so that the people who need its services have access to them
4. To unveil our new campaign called ‘The $1 Change Project’.
About Re:LIFE Inc
Re:LIFE Inc is a 501c3 Organization that is dedicated to empowering youth through entrepreneurship and education. We believe that the positive engagement of the mind is the precursor to achieving excellence. As such, we aim to tackle the problems of youth poverty, disconnection, educational and opportunity divide in New York City’s low income neighborhoods. Our programs are greatly centered on empowerment through ENTREPRENEURSHIP and supportive education because we believe that Entrepreneurship and Education provide the platform to inspire, as well as introduce new realms of opportunities and possibilities, which might not have been available to most of our Youth.
For more about Re:LIFE Inc, please visit our website www.relifeinc.org