Fashion Photoshoot Rooftop Party Fundraiser! 2 Fashion Photographers! 1 Roof!
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JTS/Justin T Shockley 60 X $200 Africa Fundraiser Campaign for couldyou.org!
***please note if Mark and I get 60 donations of at least $200 or less than 60 donations greater than $200 we will stop shooting. Come early please! :)
VIEW THE VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/Rm1fqxY9kWE
Visit the campaign website www.jtsfund.tk/
www.justintshockley.com/fund.html
EVENTS! - justintshockley.com/event.html
DONATE! - igg.me/at/jtsfund/x/3193259
6/1/13 - Fashion Photoshoot Rooftop Party! This Week!
RSVP AT WWW.JTSFUND.TK Click the events link.
Location: Social Bar, Grill & Lounge
795 8th Ave
(between 48th St & 49th St)
New York, NY 10019
3:30pm -9pm
I'll be shooting guests of the event as a thank you for donating along with my colleague Fashion Photographer Mark Leubbers (Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Paper Magazine) at the event!
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60 x $200 Campaign: 60 people giving $200 Dollars. 3 Weeeks. I need 60 people to give $200 in 3 weeks so that I can raise $12,000. Why? I have been chosen to document the Gambine Education Pilot Program (for couldyou.org, The Ministry of Education and the Chissano foundation) as well as train citizen Journalists and work for @Verdade which is the largest newspaper in Mozambique. The project in total will be just under a month. If 60 people simply donate $200 my project will be funded in full. All Size donations are welcome and the most helpful thing is passing this campaign along to someone who can give. This won't happen without you! Let's all work together! Thanks!
Bio:
Hi everyone! My name is Justin T Shockley and I am an internationally published Fashion photographer, and freelancer for the New York Times. I’ve shot everything from fashion/editorial, lookbooks, fashion agencies, celebrities, news, and stock.
Currently I'm a photo editor, head fashion photographer, and consultant for Graceful Chic magazine here in New York City. I'm also a fashion commentator as seen on Huffington Post Live with: Kirsten Chilstrom (Vogue), recording artist/MTV star Tyrese and former recording artist/celebrity/author Rev Run. Ive been shooting 5+ years and am a second generation photographer. My client list includes celebrities, politicians, fashion magazines, newspapers and corporations to name a few.
Non Profit/Pro bono photo work includes (not limited to): Hope For New York (photographer), HFNY Profesionals in action, 100Cameras (official photographer), Fashion Fights Cancer (official photographer),Social Alchemy (photographer), Picture the Homeless (photographer), Don't walk by homeless campaign, Price of Life (anti sex trafficking campaign), Nomi Network campaign (Anti Sex trafficking), Fathers Heart New York
Why Mozambique?
According to the United Nations Human Development Index which measures a country's welfare based on factors like education and infant mortality rate Mozambique has a country rank of 185 out of 187 , making it the third poorest country in the world.66% of the country is illiterate and 44% of the kids under the age of 5 were so malnourished they were debilitated. Fortunately, as Helen Keller once stated, although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
Couldyou.org, in partnership with the Chissano Foundation, is working to overcome the education gap in Mozambique. CouldYou? is a non-profit that provides innovative, individually tailored immersion programs in Mozambique that give people an authentic local experience while helping individuals find their own unique contribution to impacting poverty. It is about investment and partnership, rather than aid. (please read the powerpoint presentation here for more info docs.google.com/file/d/0By-JYOF8FlwCaGFvdVBoaThsVVE/edit?... )
How Long is this campaign?
3 weeks. Ending the Week of June 10th.
What would I be doing?
I would be documenting the Gumbane Education Pilotproject for CouldYou? and the Chissano Foundation as well as spend 5 days with Erik Charas and Verdade working with his citizen reporters. This campaign is an important part of history but more importantly its an important part in the lives of the children in Mozambique. The children of that particular region will be changed for the rest of their lives by getting a decent education. The ultimate goal is true transformation of a national education system through true partnership with the West, which ultimately will be changing lives. Its a no brainer for me and a dream of mine to be a part of something like this. Ive wanted to do something like this ever since I picked up a camera. It would be a dream training citzen journalists for Verdade youtu.be/CylkFTAZXtM which is the largest newspaper in Mozambique. Verdade is the voice of the voiceless in that region. Its the paper for the poor. To be able to play such a small role in the sea of history is humbling.
If you support me you would be walking in solidarity with them. By supporting me you would be helping silence the hammer of injustice. I will only play a small role but I think even small acts can change the current of history. If 60 people gave a mere $200 my campaign would be fully funded! You would be helping the children of Mozambique, sparking one persons dream and igniting a journey. Thanks for believing in me enough to give.
