We Want Peace Benefit Concert And Art Show
​Featuring Emmanuel Jal
@ Southern Ground Ampitheater
October 16th, 2012
7 P.M. (gates will open at 6:00 for food and
festivities)
Any1Can
About
Emmanuel Jal, a former Lost Boy and child soldier of South Sudan, now an internationally known hip hop star, has performed with noted artists such as Peter Gabriel and Alicia Keys, and he has also performed at Nelson Mandela's ninetieth birthday celebration. His music is included with the artists Coldplay, Gorillaz, and Radiohead in the fundraising album War Child--Help a Day in the Life, and his music has also been featured in films such as the National Geographic documentary God Grew Tired of Us and Blood Diamond starring Leonardo Di Caprio. He has won the Cadillac Award at the Tribeca International Film Festival for his documentary War Child, and he recently published his memoir, also titled War Child, which chronicles his life as a child soldier. In 2011, Jal was awarded the Common Ground Award for his peace efforts, as he not only works to
build schools in Sudan, but he also provides scholarship opportunities to South Sudanese refugees. Jal is currently working to bring the arts to the schools, as he realizes that the arts serve as an amazing outlet for troubled and angry youth as well as for general growth and creativity.
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Click the following link to purchase tickets: http://motheringacrosscontinents.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=4229
Emmanuel Jal Bio.​
Join us October 16 as we kick-off a year-long campaign called Any1Can and celebrate the message that anyone can make a difference in the world. For the first time in the history of Fayette County, Georgia, student leadership organizations will come together in an international service learning and philanthropy project. Net proceeds from the Any1Can Benefit Concert & Art Show will benefit Raising South Sudan, a non-profit project that supports school building and education in the world's newest country, South Sudan. Look forward to an amazing performance by Emmanuel Jal, which will feature music from his CD See Me Mama, released in September 2012. Jal will include Fayette County students in his closing numbers to illustrate that our youth—our future—can be the voice of change. Local artists are donating paintings that will be available for purchase. Select works will be auctioned at the end of the evening.
Jal with Mandela prior to Mandela's 90th birthday celebration
Join us October 16 as we kick-off a year-long campaign called Any1Can and celebrate the message that anyone can make a difference in the world. For the first time in the history of Fayette County, Georgia, student leadership organizations will come together in an international service learning and philanthropy project. Net proceeds from the Any1Can Benefit Concert & Art Show will benefit Raising South Sudan, a non-profit project that supports school building and education in the world's newest country, South Sudan. Look forward to an amazing performance by Emmanuel Jal, which will feature music from his CD See Me Mama, released in September 2012. Jal will include Fayette County students in his closing numbers to illustrate that our youth—our future—can be the voice of change. Local artists are donating paintings that will be available for purchase. Select works will be auctioned at the end of the evening.
