The devastating earthquake in Haiti is not a laughing matter, but humor becomes a mighty tool in raising funds to benefit the Doctors Without Borders organization already on the ground helping Haitians in Haiti!
Join us for a cheerful night of stand-up comedy as more than ten comics converge at the La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley for one night to create tons of laughter to benefit Haiti’s earthquake victims. Participating comics represent different nationalities, regions, cities and countries around the world, including Africa, Asia, India, and San Francisco. Proceeds from this event will go to the Doctors Without Borders organization already on the ground helping Haitians in Haiti.
Tickets are fifteen and twenty dollars at the theater box office.
La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705. 510/849-2568. www.lapena.org
Proceeds benefit Doctors Without Borders.
Sponsored by Global Women Intact
Sia Amma.....
In her Funny, Playful and Wise One-Woman Comedy-Show
"What Mama Said About ‘Down There’"
A hilarious collage of characters about mothers and daughters
Thursday, Friday, Sunday 8pm
Largely hilarious, a bit provocative, with a bit of gentle insight,
"What Mama Said About 'Down There'" utilizes the art of playful
storytelling to spotlight sexual politics, social codes, and hidden
issues at the root of What’s ‘down there.’ By initiating dialogues and
diffusing tension with humor, the play hopes to serve as a bridge to
frank discussions of sexuality and more honest communication between
mothers and daughters.
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"Uncle Sam's Children"
Tuesday March 16, 2010 @ 7:30pm
The Marsh Theater San Francisco 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco ( near 22nd )
"Uncle Sam's Children" is a play written by Sia Amma and directed by David Ford.
The play is based on the true story of The Liberian civil war that erupted in December 1989.
The play takes the audiences back into 1847 and narrates the history of Americo-Liberian who
returns to Africa from the U.S. This play provides a brutal insight into 16-year civil war
in Liberia and Sierra Leone and Guinea.
As part of our efforts, GWI would like to thank everybody who participated in donating
school supplies, uniforms, textbooks, tuition fees, money, and other educational
materials, which provide the young refugee children of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and
Guinea with excellent learning opportunities.
Mama Tewah was a circumciser, and one of 300 women in her village who have received
education needed to end female circumcision.
Through GWI's seminars, we educate women and girls about female circumcision. Detailed
illustrations of the entire vulva-with an emphasis on the clitoris-are shown, providing
information on how each organ looks along with a verbal description of its function in
women's sexuality. Also shown are graphic images involving the horrors of clitoris removal.
These relevant images help women understand exactly what is being taken away from them when
they are circumcised. Another of GWI's services involves traveling to rural areas and sponsoring
community education workshops that include roundtable discussions on female circumcision.
