Cheryl Bianchi
Director/Special Events-AMF
YOU ARE INVITED...and pretty please, tell ALL your friends
Our first POP UP store!!!
Poverty NOT
Santa Monica
1111 1/2 Montana Avenue
(between 11th & 12st north side of street)
Opening soiree
Sunday January 10
4PM - 8PM
Shop & Snack with us.....
Regular store hours
Tuesday - Sunday 11am- 7pm
Closed Mondays
from now until the end of March only!!
Poverty NOT, is a social enterprise that shares profits with communities and individuals in impoverished countries to stimulate economic development, jump-start sustainable micro-businesses, chanllenge human rights abuses and ultimately empower the powerless. www.PovertyNot.com
The shop is filled with inventory created by gifted artists who are recognized around the world for their brilliant creativity and exquisite quality. Prices range from $5 to $8500. It will feature an exclusive collection of Ardmore Ceramics from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. An array of objects created by women from co-ops in Afghanistan, Senegal and South Africa: from breathtaking ceramic teacups to embroidered clothing to unique furniture treatments to intricate beadwork jewelry. A selection of clothing from Revenge Is apparel line, promoting social activism and environmental action through its sustainable lines of message apparel and eco products. Beautiful photographs of the African children our sales will impact by acclaimed photographer Mark Leibowitz. And, as evidence of her continuing commitment to the efforts of AMF, fantastic, one-of-a-kind jewelry created by CCH Pounder, star of Avatar and The Shield. (She'll be in the shop a lot as well, if you want to meet the Big Mama from Avatar...)
All sales support:
Women's Campaign International (www.womenscampaigninternational.org ) – an organization that trains women around the world to develop into their roles as leaders within their communities.
Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org ) - helping women gain a voice against sexual assault and rape by addressing the rape-kit backlog within the United States.
African Millennium Foundation (www.1amf.org ) – empowering women and children in Africa and supporting children in the country orphaned by AIDS.
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Please, come check out the beautiful space we created...and if you have any time, it will be fully staffed by volunteers...let us know if you'd like to hang for a couple hours and help out the cause...easy and FUN! Want as much $$ going to the projects as possible...sign up at the store
