A Personal Appeal from The Sparrow Project
Dear Friend, By now you’ve probably received a dozen or more emails about #GivingTuesday. I would be remiss to say that this note is something uniquely different, but I’d like to take a second to describe how the scope of work being serviced through The Sparrow Project has changed and can benefit from sustaining donations […]
Award-Winning Documentary LIFT UP Sets Distribution for Two-Year Anniversary of the Haitian Earthquake
Last year Maurice Mitchell had an amazing idea, to do 100 shows that benefit Haiti all in a completely DIY fashion. The Sparrow Project was excited to join him in that ultimately successful adventure. Along the way we met film makers Phillip Knowlton and Huguens Jean who had just finished their feature length documentary chronicling […]
My Father Will Not be Forgotten: Noor Elashi on The Holy Land Five Appeal Ruling
What has happened to Noor’s father and the other defendants in the Holy Land Foundation case is a threat to our constitutional freedoms, a glaring example of prosecutorial bias towards Muslim communities, and an example of the judicial over-reach that has come to define the decade following 9/11. Below is Noor’s comment about the superior […]
Show Your Support for the Galapagos Preservation Society
A few weeks ago we logged edited the footage below that our good friends The Galapagos Preservation Society (GPS) gathered on one of their recent trips to the region. GPS as well as Darwin Animal Doctors (DAD) are providing a very important service in one of the world last ecosystems that has yet to feel […]
Echoes of Korematsu: The Holy Land Five Case by Noor Elashi
As we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and my father remains incarcerated in a modern-day internment camp, the time in which we live begins to feel less like 2011 and more like 1942. But this week could determine whether today’s justice system is capable of rewriting the sad chapters of our history. I say […]
Uganda Skate Union Support Shirts & CNN
The Uganda Skateboard Union in Kitintale Uganda has whittled itself out a little place in the hearts of us here at Sparrow. If you are able to, please consider buying one of these t-shirts we made to support their beautiful program that embodies solidarity and hope. One year ago Cassi Amanda Gibson visited their […]
Long Beach Swim 4 Humanity Event to Benefit Surfaid International
Much thanks are due to Danny Bobis of Cipher for this contribution, and moreover big thanks are owed to Danny for all the hard work he has put into coordinating this amazing fundraiser in Long Beach. Worldwide, 10 million children die each year from preventable diseases. You can help make a difference by participating in […]
50%50 Solidarity Shirts
For those visiting from SuperVegan.com Please be sure to check out our new online store here. It’s exciting news to say that after a lot of saving up money, designing, and signing contracts the Sparrow Project is proud to announce that this Spring 2010 we will be launching a line of benefit shirts, that are […]
Street Heart Benefit, an Inspirational Success
On December 3rd, The Sparrow Project joined Rawthentix.com, Special Sauce and the Guardian Brian Foundation in presenting “Street heART,” a unique benefit art auction aimed at raising awareness & much needed funds for individuals with severe brain injuries, brain cancer, and prolonged brain trauma. What started as an idea shared by Vanessa Diaz of RAW […]
To Write Love on Her Arms Founder, Jamie Tworkowski, Speaks About Hope, Non-Profits, & The Power of a Story
Jamie Tworkowski is the founder of a non-profit called To Write Love On Her Arms aimed at helping high risk young people combat depression, self injury, and addiction by meeting them where they are, online. TWLOHA started as a story and one-off t-shirt with aims of helping to pay for the much needed treatment of […]
Skateboard Drive for Ugandan Kids
In February of 2009 activist & photo journalist Cassi Amanda Gibson visited the Kitintale skatepark in Uganda. She brought back a beautiful series of photos of the young locals discovering their own skate styles & forms as well as photos of the gorgeous and complex surrounding Kitintale community. Her photos inspired two of her […]