The Make Art, Make Money, Make a Difference! Project

What It Is:


THE MAKE ART, MAKE MONEY, MAKE A DIFFERENCE PROJECT combines entertainment, education, and philanthropy in a new way for the 21st century.  Based around the play COLLATERALLY DAMAGED, this umbrella project raises awareness about genocide in today’s work, while raising money for survivors. 


Coordinating projects include:

  1. •A memoir, based on this play

  2. •A media project in development

  3. •Workshops on peace-building in schools

  4. •Workshops on empathy in the workplace

  5. •Workshops for artists wishing to make a       living in the arts while benefiting society

  6. •Partnerships with post-trauma NGOs

  7. •Partnerships with survivors selling their goods as a means to empowerment

Where it Works:

Initiatives already helped by The Make Art, Make Money, Make a Difference Project:


Darfur

The Save Darfur Coalition is committed to ending violence against civilians in Darfur as well as helping those who have already been victimized during this on-going crisis.


Burundi

The Burundi Schools Project provides much-needed resources to a post-conflict educational system in Burundi, thus promoting peace through education.  Bordering Rwanda, this small African country has witnessed three genocides in the last two decades.


The Republic of Congo

The Forum for the Development of Women helps single mothers, girls and widows who are unable to lift themselves out of poverty after the devastating destruction of three civil wars in the 1990s.