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Montreal queers raise funds for
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BY LINA HARPER
Published Wed, Jan 27, 2010 7:00 pm EST
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Haitian musician Sarah Bernard and
Ethnoculture plan Jan 31 event at Club Lambi
Ethnoculture, Montreal's queer organization for people of colour, is
partnering with local musicians and performers to put on a benefit
for the people of Haiti.
An nou Rebati Ayiti — Créole for Let's Rebuild Haiti — was
spearheaded by Haitianborn Montreal resident Sarah Bernard.
The fundraiser will support two medical foundations: Partners in
Health and Doctors without Borders.
Bernard says she chose the two organizations because of the health
crisis currently taking place amidst rebuilding efforts, and because
"even though the search and rescue operations have been called off,
there is still a need for health care."
Bernard, who moved to Montreal for college after growing up in
Haiti, started mobilizing members of her community after hearing
Haitian queers talk about their desire to support the disasterstruck
city of PortauPrince.
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"Two days after the earthquake, we started to talk about the event,"
she says. "We really wanted to do this under a Haitian flag."
Bernard, who studies creative writing and will perform at the event,
first realized there was a need for manpower when she saw
numerous calls for action on Twitter. (Follow Bernard
@sarahbhaiti)
Twitter, she says, has allowed her to put people in touch with each
other, by getting information into "the hands of people that can
take it even further." Bernard still has many personal ties to the
country, having recently returned from a visit in Haiti just weeks
before the disaster. "I lived in Haiti all my life. I'm always
representing Haiti!" she boasts. "I remember the day they called off
the search and rescue, it broke my heart to see preventable deaths."
An nou Rebati Ayiti is Montreal's first queer benefit for
Haiti. The event takes place at Club Lambi (4465 blvd.
SaintLaurent) on Sun, Jan 31. Doors open at 7:30pm,
show at 8pm. Tickets are a $10 suggested donation, but
no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Partners
for the event include the 2110 Centre for Gender
Advocacy, ArcenCiel Afrique, Gay and Lesbian Asians of
Montreal (GLAM), Coalition MultiMundo and QPIRG
Concordia.
Featuring performances by: Sarah Bernard and Vanessa
Dorvily, Broadway artist Morie Williams, indiepop
performer Courtney Wing, Star Académie finalist Rich
Ly, Brazilian band Bombolessé, salsa dance company
Dynamite Productions, Montrealbased punk band Mad
June, comic Deanne Smith, drag artists Liberia and
Friends and Ian Poker from The Dukes of Drag.
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