WHAT: Bay Area Acoustic Soul Songstress NKECHI, Evone Garcia, and Radio Africa & Kitchen present "VOL 1: THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Fundraiser Party" on Wednesday April 1st, 5pm - 12am at Project One SF Gallery & Lounge. "The Butterfly Effect" Fundraiser Party is a soulfully artistic and fashionable, art, fashion, food, dj and live music event created by NKECHI to raise funds for charities that benefit men, women, and children in Africa. The charity focus for this party is VDay.org and OneMama.org. Evone Garcia, a long time V-Day Organizer as well as Radio Africa & Kitchen, a nomadic African restaurant with sustainable products and methods are rallying in support of this event.

FULL PRESS RELEASE http://www.nkechi.com/pressreleases.cfm

"If one flap of a butterfly wing can make an impact on the other side of the globe, so can our little BIG party in the US make an impact on the continent of Africa."

Doors Open at 5pm Food
Hosted Food by Radio Africa & Kitchen 6pm - 8pm http://www.radioafricakitchen.com/
Refreshments by Adina World http://www.adinaworld.com
Fashion Show by the Fashion Department of CCSF at 7pm
Live Music By NKECHI LIVE! Band at 8pm & 9:30pm. http://www.nkechi.com
Special DJs Arisafari, Mama Bear & Voodoochop spinning before, after & in between
Goodie Bags Sponsored by Benefit Cosmetics http://www.benefitcosmetics.com
And More Event Partners donating gifts for raffle prizes

DATE: Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

TIME: 5pm-12am

WHERE: Project One SF Gallery & Lounge, 251 Rhode Island, San Francisco, CA 94103

TICKETS: Advance Tickets $20 (includes food) ; $10 More at the Door
Brown Paper Tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/60529
Eventbrite.com http://thebutterflyeffect.eventbrite.com/

ABOUT THE CHARITIES: V-Day. Until the Violence Stops. Violence against women and girls in the family, in a relationship, at school, on the street, in the workplace, during war still occurs regularly in Africa, Asia and the Middle East with impunity. V-Day works to end this violence by partnering directly with women's organizations in these regions who are working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms changing minds, changing laws, changing lives. V-Day's Spotlight this year is the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) http://newsite.vday.org/drcongo

OneMama. We are all OneMama on OneMother Earth. One Mama ties Uganda's communities together through sustainable health, family, and financial education in order for its people to overcome poverty and thrive. By specifically supporting the midwives at the center of these communities, OneMama empowers women, raises awareness, and makes positive change. OneMama is the nurturer, the protector, and the source of life for those in need. OneMama's mission is to bring prosperity and health to people all over the world by empowering women as caregivers, mothers, businesswomen and agents of change for their rural communities. We are all OneMama on OneMother earth. http://www.onemama.org/

ABOUT THE MUSICAL PERFORMING ARTIST AND HOST:
NKECHI (pronounced nnn-KAY-chee) http://www.nkechi.com/ is an alternative acoustic soul singer/songwriter whose evocative voice, lyrics, and melodies explore a wide range of musical territory, including indie alternative pop, folk, world, & soul all in her signature sound and style. NKECHI performs as a solo musical artist, a live vocalist with djs, a live emcee/host and as lead vocalist/songwriter of her self-titled band NKECHI LIVE! A Full Tilt Jam Band Experience. NKECHI has performed at venues such as Cafe DuNord, the Make Out Room, 12 Galaxies, Red Devil Lounge, the Make Out Room, El Rio, Hotel Utah, Rockit Room, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, and many more venues and festivals around the bay area and east coast. NKECHI is a proud member of WomenROCK!, a Bay Area music, art and activist collective, which was formed with a vision to support female musicians and to use their music to bring awareness to charitable causes while reaching the listener in a way that entertains and educates.

NKECHI aka "Astral Soul Songstress" hosts and produces Alternative Live Music Shows and Events alongside an aggressive performance schedule for causes in which she believes. (http://www.nkechi.com/biographies.cfm) Her mission is to bring intuitive and creative live music productions into out-of-the-box environments as a tool to inspire, enhance, and bring creativity, consciousness, and connection to upscale parties all over the world. NKECHI is an experienced entertainment personality, who plans, develops and emcees Live Music Shows designed to meet the funds and consciousness raising needs of the charities she supports. NKECHI is gifted in her ability to improvise words and music which specifically speaks to highlight and raise compassion in the midst of her performing environments. “Vol 1 :: The Butterfly Effect Fundraiser Party" is an upscale fashionably artful musical evening helping to raise awareness on behalf of a group of organizations that serve to better the lives of men, women, and children in Africa. NKECHI says "I thrive on creating live music in the moment which inspires a heightened perspective for worthy causes. Being that I am an African, I wanted to focus this time around on bringing awareness to issues concerning women from Africa. From that thought OneMama and V-Day suddenly appeared as inspirational causes that are affecting change over there from here, hence The Butterfly Effect. If one flap of a butterfly wing can make an impact on the other side of the globe, so can our little BIG party in the U.S. make an impact on the continent of Africa.”

NKECHI is collaborating with long term V-Day supporter and organizer Evone Garcia and Radio Africa & Kitchen founder Chef Eskender Aseged, to create an evening to be more than remembered.