Guitars Not Guns, Inc.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

For Immediate Release

Digital Literary Arts, Inc.

Presents the 2012 Sound Investments in Youth Awards Gala

Date: June 22, 2012

Place: The RallyPad

                                    144 2^nd Street
                                    San Francisco, CA
Contact:                     Robyn King    925.374.1441 x1

Time: 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. (Doors open at 7:00 p.m.)

Cost: Tickets must be purchased at: www.bit.ly/DLA_Gala

Digital Literary Arts, Inc., (DLA) will host the 2012 “Sound Investments In Youth” Awards Gala on Friday, June 22^nd, 2012. DLA, also known as DLA Studios, is partnering with Rally, a fast-growing social and online fundraising corporation to bring this first fundraising event to life at the RallyPad in San Francisco. The celebration of "service and sounds" will launch DLA’s mission to provide our youth with tools for positive self-expression through digital music arts education, training, and performance experience. The evening will feature award presentations to local champions committed to improving upon the communities, quality of life, and futures of young people in the San Francisco Bay Area and will also include live and musical and spoken word performances. The six 2012 DLA Honorees and award categories are listed below:

Community Education and Awareness – Alexandria Monroe, Vuitton Meals Youth Development Center

Education Enrichment – Reginald Figgs, West Contra Costa Unified School District

Enrichment Through Athletics – Marzel Price, East County Midnight Basketball League

Healing Through Music Arts – Tomas Alvarez III, Beats, Rhymes and Life

Healthy Youth Expression – Hodari B. Davis, Youth Speaks

People’s Choice – Barbara Anne Gorin, Guitars Not Guns

DLA’s most prestigious award, the People’s Choice honor, is being presented to Barbara Anne Gorin, VP of Fundraising for Guitars Not Guns (GNG). Recommendations were submitted to DLA from the community based on nominees’ commitment to working with and for the needs of youth. Gorin was nominated for her volunteer work with GNG by her colleague Darius Bruner as part of DLA’s Facebook nomination campaign. In addition, the evening will feature a live acoustic performance by Gorin as one-half of the "The Breedloves," along with fellow artist Jay Kirkland.

DLA is committed to connecting youth to music arts, focusing on spoken word, lyric writing, and digital recording and production as creative outlets for expression and pro-social development. Founder and CEO Robyn King explains that “our youth are our communities’ greatest assets when their voices are heard and empowered, and their talents are valued. DLA will be that safe space for young people to gain the foundation to become successful in both their musical crafts and their communities.” Experience DLA’s mission first-hand on Friday June 22^nd and enjoy an evening of food, raffles, a no-host bar, and youthful performances for a worthwhile cause. Tickets must be purchased! Visit http://bit.ly/DLA_Gala or www.dlastudios.org

Digital Literary Arts, Inc. is a 501(c) non-profit organization that serves as a training ground for youth mastery of modern music recording with emphasis on Digital Arts Technology. DLA was founded to provide opportunity for youth whose talents are often left undeveloped, overlooked or misunderstood.

For current information on the 2012 honorees and event performers, please go to http://www.facebook.com/events/241882702579762/ . To find out more about Digital Literary Arts, Inc., please visit www.dlastudios.org/ or Facebook at www.facebook.com/dmariosmyangel.

To Find out more about Guitars Not Guns, please visit www.guitarsnotguns.org

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Guitars Not Guns, Inc. in California is entirely a volunteer organization. It has no employees so all donations are used to fulfill Our Mission to provide free guitars and lessons to foster kids, at risk youth and other deserving children ages 8 to 18 years old.

We need volunteer guitar instructors, classroom assistants, grant writers, bookkeepers, fundraisers and program leaders. You do not have to know how to play guitar to be a volunteer.

To volunteer go the "Volunteer" page and follow the instructions. We and the kids can always use your help.

How The Program Works

We "loan" guitars and guitar accessories to our students that they are to use to practice and carefully maintain for eight (8) weeks of one hour per week classes. The students and their guardians sign a lease contract for the equipment and most care for the guitars. The guitar may be the only personal item the student has ever possessed since foster children may move multiple times each year from guardian to guardian or facility to facility.. The object of the contract is to teach the students to take care of possessions. The students are not told this but, upon successful completion of the first level of classes, the guitars and accessories will be given to them to keep at no cost. The final class is a party to celebrate completion of the eight week program. The students play and we bring in accomplished musicians, some that are their age, to motivate them to further study with us and independently. For some, it is the first time they have been exposed to live music.