Tuesday, November 20, 2007

CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE HOSTS THE REBEL ALLIANCE JAM IX AND HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE

DECEMBER 8TH, 2007 AT THE FOX THEATRE IN BOULDER, COLORADO

CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE "YOUTH AGAINST HUNGER" VOLUNTEERS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM THE FIRST EVER PROJECT

THE ORGANIZATION HAS ALSO AND WRAPPED-UP THEIR ANNUAL
TURKEY N’ TRIMMINGS HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE

LOOK FOR CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE AT SELECT EVENTS THIS WINTER

Today, Conscious Alliance is excited to announce their Rebel Alliance Jam IX and Toy Drive at the Fox Theatre on December 8th. The annual holiday benefit event will support the children of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. All patrons who donate one unwrapped toy (of at least a $10.00 value) or $10.00 will receive a limited edition poster by artist Will Ruocco http://www.willruocco.com/.

The Rebel Alliance Jam is a Conscious Alliance tradition that features a rotating line up of exceptional musicians, who come together in oftentimes rare colloborations to support the initiatives of Conscious Alliance. This year, MOCAPAY and KCUV 102.3 (Denver) will host the Rebel Alliance Jam IX, taking place December 8th, 2007 at Boulder, Colorado’s Fox Theatre. Rebel Alliance Jam IX will feature Kyle Hollingsworth (The String Cheese Incident), Fareed Haque (Garaj Mahal), Dave Watts & Dominic Lali (The Motet), Alex Botwin & Lane Shaw (Pnuma Trio), Danny Sears & Zivanai Masango (Chris Berry & Panjea Allstars), Jamie Janover (Zilla) and very special guests still to be announced.

Show details are as follows:
Rebel Alliance Jam IX and Toy Drive
Saturday, December 8th @ 8:30 pm (Doors @ 8:00 pm)
Fox Theatre
1135 13th Street, Boulder
Tickets $18.00, $13.00 with MOCAPAY at Albums on the Hill / Ages 21+ Welcome
For more information please visit www.foxtheatre.com

All tickets purchased using MOCAPAY as a payment method receive a $5.00 discount. To learn more about MOCAPAY and to sign up, please visit http://www.mocapay.com/.

Tune into KCUV online at http://www.kcuvradio.com/.

Already this holiday season, Conscious Alliance delivered donations collected during their 4th Annual Turkey n’ Trimmings holiday food drive. This year, the organization collected upwards of 2,500 holiday turkey boxes and have also expanded outreach to include additional communities in South Dakota and Montana, and in New Mexico and Louisiana as well. In 2006, Conscious Alliance distributed approximately 1,000 holiday turkey boxes to people in need in South Dakota and Montana.

Conscious Alliance’s Youth Against Hunger project (YAH) offers exciting alternative service-learning experiences for college students during their fall/spring breaks. YAH synthesizes service learning by combining education and hands-on service. The inaugural YAH trip took place October 21-26, 2007, with students from Warren Wilson College (Asheville, NC) participating. YAH students learned about hunger related issues, as well as Lakota culture, by providing compassionate cross-cultural community service on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. While on the reservation, students lodged with community leaders Floyd and Natalie Hand, as they sorted and distributed food to community members in need, aided with home repairs for Lakota families, participated in educational sessions with Lakota elders, and communicated with Pine Ridge college students and peers about current cultural, social, economic, and environmental issues. Conscious Alliance’s YAH provides students with the knowledge and support they need to return to their respective communities and, using the skills they have acquired, create positive change in their local communities. The next YAH trip will take place in spring 2008. For more information on Conscious Alliance and YAH, and upcoming service learning opportunities, please visit http://www.consciousalliance.org/projects.yah.htm.

Conscious Alliance December Food Drive events include:

November 31-December 01 Catalyst Santa Cruz CA STS9
December 08 Fox Theatre Boulder CO Rebel Alliance Jam IX
December 28-December 31 Tabernacle Atlanta GA STS9
December 29-December 31 Fillmore Denver CO Yonder Mountain String Band

In addition, a Mimi Fishman Foundation Auction http://www.mimifishman.org/auctions/

Conscious Alliance is a Partner of America’s Second Harvest http://www.secondharvest.org/.

For more information on Conscious Alliance please visit www.consciousalliance.org.

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