Tune into “The Dedan Tolbert Show” on Wed February 10th at 9:00pm EST for my “Authors for Haiti” Special.
Many across the world have witnessed the horrific destruction that occurred on January 13, 2010 in the nation of Haiti. As progressive humanitarians and social advocates, it is necessary that we take part in the recovery efforts to aid thousands of individuals who are currently without shelter, food, family, and medical attention.
I’ll be joined by author/ CEO of the event, Richard Jeanty who is actively requesting your assistance to ensure the success of "Authors for Haiti," a day dedicated to raising awareness, aid, and atonement to the nation of Haiti during the aftermath of such a dismal tragedy.
This event which will take place on Feb 13th, wishes to showcase the works of many authors who have agreed to participate and donate one hundred percent of the proceeds to the upturn efforts in Haiti.
Notable authors such as Kwan, T Styles, Erick Gray, Naija, JM Benjamin, T. Nicole, Azarel, Ayana Ellis and myself have offered to contribute our time to this event. We will be signing some of your favorite books at this special event.
The goal for this event is to raise enough money to contribute to the relief efforts of Wyclef Jean's foundation, Yele Haiti, as well as helping to assist with the cost of traveling and lodging for 10 volunteering, Creole speaking Haitian nurses going to Haiti, who speaks the people's native tongue, to help with the relief efforts in Haiti.
The authors are dedicated to helping with the recovery of Haiti and have already gathered and collected clothing donations and plan on collecting food and medical supply donations for the trip to Haiti. One of the main goals is to get food, clothing and medical supplies to those people who are in dire need of the basic necessities in Haiti. In the event that we are prevented from traveling to Haiti, 100% of the donations will be donated to the Yele Foundation.