04/19/2009
Popular recording artist Matt Nathanson will perform during the SUNY Cortland Student Activities Board's fifth annual "Rock for a Cause" on Tuesday, April 28.
The performance, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Corey Union Function Room, benefits the V-Day UNICEF joint campaign, called "Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource: Power to Women and Girls of the Democratic Republic of the Congo." V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. The 37 Project, a SUNY Cortland student band, and David Smallen will open for Nathanson.
Concert tickets are $5 for students and $10 for the general public. Tickets may be purchased at the Corey Union Information Desk Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. They also are available in Corey Union, Room 406, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation and sexual slavery.
The current campaign is exposing the devastating impact of rape on Congolese women's health, their families and their communities. V-Day is calling for measures to end exemption for perpetrators and empower women and girls to lead in preventing sexual violence and rebuilding a country devastated by conflict.
V-Day's efforts will aid in the opening of the City of Joy in correlation with PANZI Hospital, a center where survivors will be provided with support to heal and train and develop their leadership and life skills.
A San Francisco-based singer and songwriter, Nathanson has released six albums including his latest, "Some Mad Hope" (2007). He has headlined and opened for artists such as Tori Amos, John Mayer, Pink, Guster and O.A.R. (Of a Revolution), who will headline the SUNY Cortland Spring Fling concert on Saturday, April 25.
For more information, contact Student Activities Board Music Coordinator Lauren Zuber at (607) 753-2826 or lauren.zuber@cortland.edu.