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...live triple album went to UNICEF. Paul McCartney followed suit with a 1979 collaboration, cheekily dubbed Rockestra, for the victims of Pol Pot's purges in Cambodia. The first certified charity smash didn't arrive, however, until 1984, when Band Aid--a British and Irish supergroup that included Sting, Bono and George Michael--recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to benefit African famine victims. The effort raised some $18 million and was soon copied across the pond by USA for Africa with "We Are the World," which quickly became the best-selling song of the decade...
...with a large-scale event like “Harvard for Haiti,” these costs are quite significant. Fortunately, the costs of the concert were covered by the University in conjunction with the Office for the Arts. In addition, the performers at the benefit concert worked pro bono. Of course, this is to be expected—every dollar that goes to a performer is a dollar that does not go to charity. However, the effort involved in performing at the benefit is substantial; groups with upwards of eighty members gathered on short notice to learn new music...
...annual TED, or "Technology, Entertainment, Design," Conference is an annual gathering dedicated to disseminating "ideas worth spreading." Under a strict time limit of 18 minutes, speakers ranging from Bono to Bill Clinton share what inspires them to do the unique work they...
...District Attorney’s office has stressed that the deal to not charge SJSF members will not hold if they break Boston Common’s 11 p.m. curfew again, according to Jeffrey M. Feuer, who is coordinating the pro bono legal support for the group through the National Lawyers Guild...
...Joffe argued Martin v. Wilks before the Supreme Court. Robert K. Wilks and other white firefighters had filed an anti-discrimination suit after a consent decree required that black firefighters be promoted. In this pro bono case Joffe represented the black firefighters in Birmingham...