On the 5th of June, there will be a supper benefit with Mr. Belafonte and General Roméo Dallaire. Mr. Martin Fontaine (the singer) is going to perform Mr. Belafonte's songs.
During this Evening you will have the opportunity to see the Louvre's art, which is here (in Quebec City) for the first time.
There will be an auction of an original painting reprensenting Mr. Belafonte. This painting will be duly signed by him. The sale (price) will be paid entirely to Unicef, as well as for Mr. Dallaires Foundation.
The supper is 1000$ per person, and all the benefits are going to Unicef.
On the 6th of June, there is a cocktail at the art gallery with M. Belafonte from 4 to 6 o clock.
The entrance fee iis 100$ .. all paid to Unicef.
For more information, contact Nathalie Christiaens
nathalie@bellattitude.com
Wellesley, MA - 7.00P.M. TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH, 2008
Entertainer and Social Activist Harry Belafonte to Speak at Wellesley in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Texas - January 26, 2008
January, 2008 - On Saturday night Harry Belafonte delivered the keynote address which marked the end of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations in Austin. Belafonte spoke with FOX 7's Foti Kallergis about his role as a civil rights activists and his time spend working with Dr. King in the 1960's. Harry Belafonte Speaks During MLK Celebration
"I'm here because somewhere Martin sits in judgment and expectation, and he was a big part of my soul," Belafonte said. Belafonte was the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration sponsored by Dell Inc. and the Austin Area Heritage Council. Activist, singer reflects on civil rights in Austin
Vermont - January 22, 2008
"Young people are going to step out into a future and look to this great planet of ours and make a choice as to what they will do," said Belafonte. "What will their humanity reveal? What will be their social sensibility?" Harry Belafonte Remembers MLK
With his eyes alight, his humor quick, and his passion palpable, Belafonte took his audience in search of the answer (“What would Dr. King say if he were here today?”) in a wide-ranging talk touching on America’s prison population, Iraq and Colin Powell’s role in that “war of no righteousness, illegal, fraught with dishonor.” - Belafonte Urges Students to Renew King's Legacy
January, 2008 -"I've never met more brilliant thinkers, greater strategists, greater planners, than those who sat at the tables of rebellion, chartering and designing the way in which to meet this mighty nation and all of its indiscretion and all of its oppression."Harry Belafonte speaks of human rights at UVM - a public radio postcard
These days, Belafonte has a political message that will likely resonate with many Vermonters who like to consider themselves "progressive." He's a harsh critic of President Bush and the war in Iraq ("a huge error ... folly") and what he sees as efforts under the current administration to "reverse gains" -- affirmative action, equal representation, voting rights -- made during the civil-rights era. - Belafonte to speak on King legacy
Michigan - January 21, 2008
“We all had such hopes” during the war, he said. “We thought we’d come home to a country without discrimination, with new promise for us all. But we didn’t.. . . It took so many years of struggle after that” to achieve integration, he said. - Harry Belafonte marks King holiday at Oakland University
January 17, 2008 - ...As for change, Belafonte said Obama is not saying anything that "we have not heard before. Dr. King talked about change. Frederick Douglass talked about change. Franklin Delano Roosevelt talked about change. So did Bobby Kennedy, so did Clinton, so did Reagan. As a matter of fact, every candidate's promise is that there will be change.
"It's finding the substance of what that means in the individual who speaks about it.''
Great stuff. - Belafonte tells of King family snub, Obama's appeal
"I am thrilled about Barack Obama," Belafonte said. "From the perspective of color, I'm a pig turned loose from the pen." Belafonte challenges youth in commemoration of King Jr.
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In the next 75 years – which I intend to live – I hope to bump into one or two or 500 of you who will say, 'We spent this day together and y
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inspired me to take a closer look at the world.
Harry Belafonte Serenades & Inspires