Contribute
Now
Home
|
Goal
by 10/15/05: $10,000 |
| Total
Raised on 9/27: $785 Thank you all: Ammiel Alcalay Suzette Deangelis Aaron Paley Jodie Myers Dorit Saberi Tracy Violet Swan Ariane Tavakol Bana Hilal Laura Hubber Hend Gilli-Elewy Rebecca Arce Irene Fertik Beth Glenn-Mallouk Farah Davari Larry George Leyla Khenissi J H Riveire |
| Total
Raised on 9/28: $310 Thank you all: Samuel Kiwasz Shahla Etedali Jamie Papish Sylvia Artinian Stuart Bronn Adam Somers Noora Elkoussy Gulnur Israel Nabil Jamil |
|
Total
Raised on 9/29: $575 |
|
Total
Raised on 9/30: $230 |
| Total
Raised on 10/01: $535 Thank you all: Florence Mattar Vera Mijojlic Barbara Al-Bayati Yuval Ron Karen Leonard Michael Armani Mark LeVine |
|
Total
Raised on 10/02 at special private dinner salon in WeHo (host one
of your own and see how well you can do!):
$1,120 |
| Total
Raised on 10/03: $110 Thank you: Nile El Wardani Camille Alick |
| Total
Raised on 10/04: $160 Thank you: Anthony Chase Anne Marie Lamotte |
| Total
Raised on 10/05: $250 Thank you: Jeanine Frank Wafa Kanan |
| Total
Raised on 10/06: $105 Thank you: Nafisa Kreidie Lisa McMurray Elana Golden |
| Total
Raised on 10/07: $535 Thank you: Casey Kasem Jodie Evans Binnur Karaevli Laila Lalami Judith Jenya |
| Total
Raised on 10/08: $125 Thank you: Christine Milrod Yasemin Elmas Barbara Leland Aire Norell |
| Total
Raised on 10/11: $294 Thank you: Yasmine Hannaney Clyde FT Small Barmak Naraghi Mohamed Elmir Valerie Delhomme Kelly Salloum Ziad Alhassen |
| Total
Raised on 10/12: $195 Thank you: Oliver Pinchot George Larkin F. & L. Elahi Reza Aslan |
| Total
Raised on 10/13: $770 Thank you: Kaya & Mary Tuncer Dorit Cypis Yasin Al-Khalesi Yumiko Campos |
| Total
Raised on 10/14: $100 Thank you: Farzad Karimi Lee Lahann |
| Total
Raised on 10/15: $700 Thank you: Saeed Jonoubi Shahram Hedvat Et al |
| Total
Raised on 10/17: $100 Thank you: Sema Basol Susan Ozel Nina Nili |
|
Total
Raised from 10/18-10/28:
$1,140 |
| Total
Raised from 10/30-10/31:
$440 Thank you: Jacob Samuel Lisa McMurray Jalal Bourgana Joseph Hanania Shawn & Samar Dadah Nadim & Maria Al-Bayati Jaleh Pirnazar Lisa McMurray |
Levantine Cultural Center is a nonprofit center for the arts with a focus on the
Middle East and the Mediterranean. The center needs your help. While we recently
raised 10K in small contributions, the center continues to seek out meaningful
financial support, as income from events and memberships alone
does not cover our bottom line. Many quality events such as
author presentations and panel discussions are made possible
by the generous support of everyday people like yourself.
Read Letters of Support
At this time, Levantine Cultural Center is almost entirely supported by our membership fees and event income. Our operating expenses include rent, utilities, office supplies and program costs. We have no salaried staff and little overhead, but we can’t count on the kindness of volunteers forever. We need sponsors and we need donations. We need fundraising events. We need you.
If you are on our list or visiting this site, chances are you’ve attended one or more of our cultural arts programs. Dozens of local and international artists have benefited from our work since we started in the summer of 2001. Our programs have received considerable media attention—dozens of newspapers and magazines have written in-depth feature articles or rave reviews of our events. Several radio stations have talked about our programs and our mission.
What does Levantine Cultural Center stand for? Our mission has always been to bring together Americans and others of Middle Eastern or Mediterranean heritage—regardless of religious, ethnic or national origin—to explore arts, ideas and culture, building bridges into each other’s communities. At each of our programs, we converse about our hopes and dreams, for the region, ourselves and our children. The center serves to counter simplistic media representations and stereotypes; and it provides meaningful opportunities for dialogue, as it offers contemporary artists a direct conduit to you, the arts/performances-going public.
Please contribute to the cause.
Thank you from the bottom of our Mediterranean heart.
The Board of Directors
Levantine Cultural Center
P.S. If our work means something to you, send us by email or snail mail a short letter of support. We will post your letters on our web site so that others can read about your views and experiences. Your words of support will be an additional help in raising the money we urgently need to keep Levantine Cultural Center alive. Send your support letters to the board.
MORE ABOUT THE CENTER:
Founded in the summer of 2001 by four Americans of Middle Eastern heritage and with a prestigious national advisory board, until 2005, Levantine Cultural Center was largely a nomadic center, without a permanent home—with dozens of programs appearing across Southern California in venues as diverse as Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre or the Los Angeles Bahai Center. On September 3, the Center celebrated the acquisition of a new performance space, photography gallery and offices in Culver City, in an area burgeoning with art galleries and other creative businesses, near the intersection of La Cienega and Washington. What makes Levantine Cultural Center unique is its pan-cultural, inclusive approach, recognizing not only national cultures but important minority cultures within the Middle East, North African and Mediterranean mosaic. Additionally, many Levantine programs bring together both Arabs and Jews or other cultural groups with a history of conflict and a pressing need for reconciliation.
To become a member visit our Membership page or to make a contribution, click here.