New Documentary: “Guilty of Giving”

Music For Occupy Presents “Guilty Of Giving” A Guide To Legitimate Fundraising And Activism With Immortal Technique Will Be Released June 11th, at 6pm

#OccupySandy Still Needs Your Help, Sandy Survivors Still Need Your Help

On December 18th, 2012 Music For Occupy, teamed up with Viper Records and some of the biggest names in socially conscious Hip Hop to hold a fund raising event at the Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn NYC, for #OccupySandy.

 Immortal Technique, Jean Grae, Pharahoe Monch, Hasan Salaam, Poison Pen,  Jarisi X, George Martinez & The Global Block Collective, and Rebel Diaz along with many others performed. They came together to show a nearly sold out room of close to 600 people in attendance, that we can come together to provide mutual aid and raise funds, all the while being completely transparent.

A few days after the concert, Immortal Technique, Viper Records, and Music For Occupyset out to The Rockaway’s, in NYC which was one of the hardest hit areas in all of the east coast. They brought the nearly $7,000 raised between the Hip Hop Relief Concert, and another relief concert MFO produced on Long Island with DJ Logic, Nickodemus and many others, and went to local mom and pop stores and purchased supplies, and delivered them directly to Occupy Sandy Headquarters. With the help of Cinematographers Jeff Pliskin of Raised Fist Propaganda and Jonathan Reznick and Producer/Editor Jason Samel we were able to document every moment.

Music For Occupy produced this Occumentary “Guilty Of Giving” – A Guide To Legitimate Fundraising and Activism, to show the world…

1. There Are Still MANY people that are in dire need of relief from Hurricane Sandy, and the Tornados in Oklahoma . Occupy Sandy and Respond & Rebuild are STILL on the ground providing that relief, well after nearly all government agencies all but forgot about them, and many organizations have left.
2. Undocumented human beings are still HUMAN BEINGS, and it is our humane responsibility to take care of those that need our help, when there is nobody else around.
3. When you tell people you are going to use money which they donated for a specific cause, show them that you were honest with them. Transparency is the only way.