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Green Family Foundation Sponsors Alicia Keys’ Keep A Child Alive College Student Aids Summit
 
 
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GREEN FAMILY FOUNDATION AND FISHER STEVENS LAUNCH “THIS IS HAITI” PSA CAMPAIGN FEATURING STING, BEN STILLER AND NAOMI WATTS

“This is Haiti” features readings of Haiti-inspired prose delivered by Sting, Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts. Proceeds will benefit Partners in Health via the Clinton Foundation.

The PSAs, each 60 seconds long can be downloaded for free by clicking on the hyperlink below:

PSA Download

GFF encourages radio stations of all formats and across all cities, states and countries to download and broadcast the PSA within their regular spot rotations.

The foundation gives its heartfelt appreciation to Alan Lomax Archives/Association for Cultural Equity, The Magic Shop and MultiVu.

In response to the crisis in Haiti, the Green Family Foundation has created this special website: www.thehaiticompanion.com

 

SPOTLIGHT  
» May 20th, 2009, Kimberly Green, president of the Green Family Foundation, with Dorthea Green at the 2009 American Red Cross of Greater Miami & The Keys 16th Annual Sara Hopkins Woodruff Spectrum Awards.
May 12, 2009, Floridian’s love “their” children
March 31, 2009, KEEP A CHILD ALIVE COLLEGE PROGRAM ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH GREEN FAMILY FOUNDATION TO HOST YOUTH EXPRESSIONS CONCERT SERIES
January 23, 2009, Kimberly Green featured on the Daily Kos
November 24, 2008 Jim DeFede Reports: Youth Expressions Hitting A High Note
November 23, 2008 CBS4: Youth Expressions Performs in Downtown Miami
November 22, 2008 Soul of Miami web site: Green Family Foundation and Youth Expressions
November 22, 2008 Examiner.com: Green Family Foundation and Youth Expressions
November 22, 2008 The Miami Herald: Youth Expressions Performs for Alicia Keys Keep a Child Alive Foundation
November 19, 2008 – Green Family Foundation Sponsors Alicia Keys’ Keep A Child Alive College Student Aids Summit
Kimberly Green Joins KCA College in Welcoming 400 Student AIDS Activists and Partner Schools to Combat HIV/AIDS Read More…
September 22nd, 2008 – Estefans Rally to Support UNIVERSITY of MIAMI’S STORM Relief for Haiti
Emilio and Gloria Estefan have made a $25,000 donation to the University of Miami’s fundraising effort aimed at helping storm-weary Haiti. Read More…
September 9th, 2008 - NO TIME FOR SUBTLETY - DR. FOURNIER FEATURED ON THE HUFFINGTON POST
It’s bad - even worse than the reports from Cabaret and Gonaives would lead you to believe, and these cities, on the coast, are at least relatively accessible. In fact, most of Haiti’s 8-12 million people live in an inaccessible interior, rarely visited by the press, who focuses more on the coastal areas of the country.  With the entire country denuded, any town or city at the base of a mountain will be at risk for a mudslide, any city with a river through it will be flash-flooded.  Read More… Read More…
July 17th, 2008 – DR. ARTHUR FOURNIER FEATURED ON HUFFINGTON POST IN RESPONSE TO ABC: NIGHTLINE FEATURE ON THE SEX TRADE IN HAITI
Mr. Dan Harris, of ABC News, is to be commended for calling attention to the problem of child slavery. This problem of modern slavery is not, however, unique to Haiti, nor is it confined to children. It will be found anywhere there are vulnerable populations in contact with others of more means willing to exploit them. Sexual slavery has been well documented in Central America, Mexico, Thailand and the Dominican Republic, and conditions perilously close to slavery exist for many undocumented immigrants and migrant laborers in even developed countries such as the U.S.  Read More…
June 13, 2008 – THE GREEN FAMILY FOUNDATION WINS THE GOLD HERMES AWARD FOR DESIGN/ WEBSITE OVERALL
Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies. The awards are administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.  Read More…
April 15, 2008 – On April 15th at 9PM, Miami’s WPBT-TV, Channel 2, will broadcast the award winning documentary
Once There Was a Country: Revisiting Haiti.  Narrated by former U.S. poet laureate Dr. Maya Angelou and Guy Johnson, the 55-minute film examines the economic and health issues plaguing Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.  Read More…
March 27, 2008 The Green Family Foundation (GFF) will host a collaborative fundraising event with Harry Winston
On March 27th The Green Family Foundation (GFF) will host a collaborative fundraising event with Harry Winston to benefit the Children First Fund at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Read More…
February 19, 2008 – Kimberly Green featured on The Huffington Post
The international media and blogosphere were aghast when Marie Noel told her story to the world... "I know its not good for me," answered Noel when asked by an Associated Press reporter why she was eating and selling mud cookies - meals made from a mixture of dirt, water, salt and vegetable shortening. "I am hoping one day I will have enough food to eat. Read More…
December 1, 2007 – World AIDS Day Media Round Up!
Check out the Green Family Health Initiative’s 2007 World AIDS Day coverage Read More…
November 29, 2007 - Florida College Football Powerhouses Team Up on World AIDS Day to Help KOOL Kids Youth Group Tackle HIV and AIDS
In honor of World AIDS Day, the Green Family Foundation arranged for Florida State University head football coach Bobby Bowden and University of Miami head football coach Randy Shannon to join forces to help promote the KOOL Kids “Through Their Eyes” exhibit. Click here to read more and view videos of Coach Bowden and Coach Shannon.
October 9, 2007 - Youths' HIV photo exhibit at Dolphin Mall
An art exhibition at Dolphin Mall showcases a summer project completed by local young people living with HIV. Read More…
September 28, 2007 - Miami group commits $2.4M for Haiti healthcare
The Green Family Foundation pledges $2.4 Million to community health and development initiatives in Haiti at the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative Conference Read More…
September 24, 2007 - Kimberly Green and the Green Family Foundation featured on newly-launched Capazine.com
Philanthropist, writer and documentary-filmmaker, Kimberly Green, has headed the Green Family Foundation since 1997, and her good works stretch from the local Miami community to clear across the world Read More…
March 28, 2007 - Local 10.com features the National Foundation for Teaching
According to business experts, entrepreneurship is the heart of the U.S. economy. There are nearly 26 million companies in the U.S. and about 97 percent have fewer than 20 employees. That's why some South Florida schools have recognized the need to teach students how to become entrepreneurs. Read More…