Thousand Hearts is a multi-cultural, multi-generational benefit concert scheduled for 7 p.m. on April 23, 2011 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

Net proceeds will go directly to the hardest hit areas in the Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures to assist with the ongoing relief efforts and to help the people of Japan recover and rebuild their lives.

Grammy-nominated and internationally-renowned jazz band

Hiroshima
, MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew (Season 3 winners) Quest Crew
, and international musical sensations Paul Dateh and Ken Belcher
are among the celebrities who will perform at the concert.
Celebrity attendees include Lou Diamond Phillips, Mark Dacascos, Rumer Willis, Julia Ling, Jamie Chung, Dante Basco
, and Briana Evigan.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster listed as Thousand Hearts Benefit Concert.
Thousand Hearts is organized by JETAP – Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Aid Project. JETAP is a multi-cultural coalition of individuals who are members of over 40 bar associations and community organizations.
Pacific Film Currents, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, has generously stepped in as the event’s fiscal sponsor making your donations tax-deductible to the extent permissible under applicable law.

JETAP is in negotiations to have the Thousand Hearts Benefit Concert televised nationally as well as in Japan.

JETAP seeks community participation at the following levels:

1. Sponsorship: financial donations
2. Supporter of Thousand Hearts: assistance in selling at least $1,000 worth of tickets
3. Friends of Thousand Hearts: assistance in publicizing the concert

If you would like to become a sponsor by making a financial contribution, please go to

www.thousandhearts.org/give.aspx to donate.
If you would like to volunteer, please go to

www.thousandhearts.org/give.aspx