Thursday evening, June 19th, offers a great opportunity to support Kenyan, African, and African-diasporic arts and, at the same time, contribute to the relief effort for the hundreds of thousands who remain internally displaced by the recent political crisis.

The Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu has been spearheading this new project, and her work, along with many others (Kehinde Wiley, Julie Mehretu, many more) will be auctioned off for charity. The African Medical and Research Foundation has been on the ground in Kenya helping for decades, and is a marvelous organization. Kenya's nobel laureate, Wangari Maathai, is sponsoring the event and will deliver taped greetings from Kenya. And of course, there will be live music, spoken word, photography, and great food and drink.