Benefit Concert On Earth Day In NYC To Fight Poverty

Online, April 11, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Rock against Poverty's Earth Day 2011 event is said to be one of the most anticipated concerts this spring in NYC. Organized by Cila Management and brought to you by RaP, monies raised will go to The Vihara Foundation to help fight world poverty.

The concert will feature a wide range of artists performing live at Tompkins Square Park. Featured acts include Grammy nominated Trey Lorenz, American Idol Season four finalist Anwar Robinson, as well as The Trapps, Bobby Syvarth, Ultralust, Dirty Rotten Liars, The New York Blues Project, and many others. The event will take place at Tompkins Square Park in New York, New York on April 22nd 2011 at 2pm. This will be an outdoors event. For tickets, go to www.rockagainstpoverty.com and click online ticket donations link.

Donations from the concert will benefit The Vihara Project (formerly The Bihar Project) a comprehensive and sustainable approach to promoting rural community sustainable development and poverty alleviation in rural Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh where a quarter of the world's impoverished people live.

Founded by Dennis Ramdahin and Dale Stephens, Rock against Poverty (rock as in rocking the boat) is a grassroots initiative to mobilize local musicians and artists to inspire action and raise funds to fight poverty and support climate change mitigation projects to save Mother Earth. RaP strives to provide a platform to build a movement across the globe by inspiring local artists to collaborate with international development practitioners and generate resources locally to implement innovative and sustainable solutions for poverty alleviation and climate change mitigation.

Featured sponsor, StellarMediaWorks, LLC works as one of the main sponsors. In lieu of giving money, Stellar offered its multimedia services to raise awareness for the event through web portals including building the Rock against Poverty website and logo. Founded by DaWayne Cleckley, StellarMediaWorks, LLC is the premiere multimedia company in Erie, PA specializing in web design, graphics, video and audio production, and social media marketing. Supporting non-profits is the backbone of this company. Non-profits that StellarMediaWorks, LLC contributes to include Rock against Poverty, National Fair Housing Alliance, Urban Erie Community Development Corporation, and CAPPA (Community Alliance for Progressive Positive Action). They have also work with the US Census Bureau for the 2010 Census. .

For more information contact: DaWayne Cleckley, President (814) 495-0505 or [email protected].