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Agency Update: Skoll World Forum, Music at Home, and More
2020 SKOLL WORLD FORUM GOES VIRTUAL Entertain Impact worked on this year’s Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, where we supported music programming curation and securing performers. Official programming at Oxford was cancelled in light of recent events, however 60+ panels and events occurred virtually between March 30 – April 3. On April 2, the…
Grammy Music Education Coalition Launches Auction for Charity
On Wednesday, the Grammy Music Education Coalition (GMEC) nonprofit is launching its first-ever “Auction to Make Music Matter,” a three-week online auction designed to help expand music education in public schools. On auction site Charitybuzz, interested parties will have the opportunity to bid on more than 100 experiences and prizes donated by artists including Sheryl Crow, The Roots and Debbie Harry, among others….
Agency Update: National Trust, Kevin Bacon, and More
A Major Success: National Trust Campaign to Restore Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Less than 2% of historic sites are dedicated to preserving women’s history. That figure drops precipitously for women of color. This summer the National Trust for Historic Preservation launched a social impact crowdfunding campaign to restore and preserve Nina Simone’s childhood home, where…
Noname Supports Campaign for Nina Simone’s Home
Noname is spreading the word about a newly announced initiative to preserve and restore Nina Simone’s childhood house in Tryon, North Carolina. The effort, led by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, aims to protect the three-room home where Nina was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, learning to play the piano at the age of three. The now vacant house, which…
Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge Visit Students at The Door in New York City
City on a Hill stars Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge visited performing arts students at nonprofit The Door in New York City on May 14th to offer advice through a Q&A and participate in student-led jam sessions. Located in Lower Manhattan, The Door’s mission is to empower young people to reach their potential by providing comprehensive youth development services in a…
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