Urban Ex Charity Masquerade

Earlier this spring I wrote about my friend, the homeless poet Robert Payne. I’ve gotten a lot of feedback from people who were interested in his story and his poetry.

On Sunday June 12th, a benefit is being held by an organization called Urban Ex. They’re an organization which created urban experiences centered around the arts and social justice. Robert works closely with them,  and part of the experience is making zines with Rob and trying to sell them during the day- before spending a night on the streets with him.

Details to flow below. I am donating some art to the silent auction part of the evening, which includes but is not limited to the pieces below.

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Grab your friends, adorn your masks, and mark your calendars for the second annual
Urban Masquerade 
presented by www.UrbanEx.org!

Dress code is, as usual, open to interpretation! But don’t forget to wear your mask!!
*Some AMAZING hand-crafted one-of-a-kind masks by Kerri/Black Orchid Designs will be available for purchase the night of the event!!

We chose the new Hotel Ocho as this year’s location after the Manager meet Robert & one of …our Excursion teams in 2 “moments of truth” in March!

Tickets: $40/person and include…
- Silent Auction with an assortment of items including handcrafted items from local artists & donations from local businesses (ACCEPTING AUCTION ITEMS NOW!)
- Entertainment from local musicians and poets
- Great Appetizers prepared by chefs at Hotel Ocho
*There will be a cash bar

Music by: 
ALYSHA BRILLINGER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs0wFhAWaG0&feature=player_embedded
MIKE D.of The Hippy Mafia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KpfyiNeG7w&feature=related
YVONNE JARSCH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Is1nlB1XE
RICHARD GARVEY http://www.richardgarvey.ca/
Performing Wordsmiths…
ROBERT THOMAS PAYNE  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IxZIrcZNX8
KEVIN SUTTON http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mvUi5K4S8w
JON CORBIN aka The Runaway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5txvSuYTs&feature=related
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LOCATION:
Urban Masquerade
@ Hotel Ocho
195 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C5
Tel. (416) 593-0885
http://www.hotelocho.com/contactus.html
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Tickets will be available for purchase SOON at:

KW Location:
Little Bean Coffee Bar
1167 King Street East
Kitchener, ON

or Reserve Online: info@urbanex.org & purchase thru PayPalhttp://www.urbanex.org/contribute.html
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CAN’T ATTEND, BUT WANT TO HELP?
We understand that we have a lot of friends and supporters across the world who might not be able to attend the event, but would like to contribute to its success. If you wish to be part of this evening’s event there are a few ways to make that happen!

>Be a TIcket-Sponsor: Purchase a ticket to be donated to someone who might not otherwise have been able to afford the cost themselves to attend
>Get your workplace to donate items for the silent auction!
>Donate a piece of art, poetry, etc for the silent auction (people mail items from as far as South Dakota!)
>Promote the event to your friends, family, workplace!!

ABOUT UrbanEx: (www.urbanex.org)
UrbanEx believes you can “Change the world by changing you.” It is an arts, culture, and social justice experience. Through Urban Excursions, teams of youth, university/college students, adults, social agencies, media, corporate executives, artists, etc. come from all over the world to Toronto to experience a week in other people’s shoes. UrbanEx also provides leadership, knowledge, ideas and experiences through speaking engagements and training exercise that see entire communities actively engaged with each other resulting in effective change. Through advocacy we create new opportunities to facilitate effective social conflict resolution strategies. UrbanEx is pretty intense because you can’t measure its worth by tasks accomplished, rather you must reflect upon how deeply it reforms your heart and through the process you will learn that in order to change the world you must first change how you occur in it. 

“Change the world by changing you.”

Em Johnson
Co-Founder & Co-Director
Urban Excursion: an arts, culture, & social justice experience

www.urbanex.org
em@urbanex.org
Toronto, ON  Canada

 

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