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DUNIYA: South Asian Style meets Congolese Couture A Fashion Show Fundraiser for Women Around the World

Jul 24 2009 6:00 pm
Jul 24 2009 11:00 pm
Etc/GMT-4
Join En Avant Congo, v:shal kanwar, & the Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project
for a unique way to support survivors of gender violence --
an evening of dueling African and South Asian fashion shows, music and dance.
 
LIV NIGHTCLUB | BOHEMIAN CAVERNS
2001 Eleventh St NW
11th & U Sts. NW -- U Street/Cardozo Metro, 13th St Exit
Washington, DC 20001

$20.00 GENERAL ADMISSION

6:00 PM: Happy Hour with Fashion Exhibitors & Subcontinental Music Performance

8:30 PM: DUELING FASHION SHOWS

9:30--11:00 PM: v:shal kanwar and a Congolese DJ spinning African, South Asian electronica & fusion.

BUY NOW: www.going.com/duniya 

BENEFICIARY ORGANIZATIONS:

En Avant Congo

The Washington-D.C.-based 501(c)3 non-profit En Avant Congo (“Forward, Congo”) was formed in 2003 by a group of Congolese and Americans to promote U.S. civic engagement in ending the conflict in D.R. Congo and funding services for survivors of mass rape by combatants. The group supports Centre Olame, a model institution providing services for survivors in Bukavu, South Kivu – the heart of Eastern Congo’s warzone.

Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project

DVRP’s mission is to address and prevent domestic violence in Asian/Pacific Islander communities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, including South Asian communities. DVRP’s goals include ensuring that abused A/PI women have access to culturally and linguistically responsive resources in order to make their own life choices; raising awareness about the problem of domestic violence; and uniting A/PI communities against domestic violence.