National Human Trafficking Awareness Day!

Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day!

Some action items you can do: report suspicious behavior to your local law enforcement agency, learn more about the issue and get involved in combating human trafficking via www.ochumantrafficking.org, JustOne, Polaris Project, Not for Sale Campaign, and other cause organizations, buy fair trade products. So many things we can do! It really does happen in our own backyards, but most of the time, we aren't even aware of it or choose to ignore it.

Anyways, as I'm typing this entry, I'm also writing thank you emails to all the people who supported and participated in the OneHeart OC event this past Friday at UCI. Let me just say that it was so awesome to see so many people come together for the cause and do whatever it takes to spread awareness for human trafficking. We were able to raise approximately $1000 to donate to OC Human Trafficking Victim Services - this money will help victims in OC get reacquainted with society. There were 207 people in attendance, 10 community organizations represented, 10 artists and photographers displaying their pieces, 6 performances (music, comedy, and spoken word), 2 films, and a keynote speech.

There were some setbacks such as technical difficulties (hey, it happens, right?) , but overall, the feedback that I received was that it was a great night of education and entertainment around the important issue of human trafficking and modern day slavery.

Thank you to everyone that participated in and attended the event! Special thanks to UCI Chi Alpha, OC Human Trafficking Task Force, and Talent One Media for being amazing partner organizations to work with!

Happy 2009!

Hello readers! Happy 2009!

I'm hopeful that it will be another great year - but 2008 is a little hard to beat for me, considering it was such an eventful year! Promotion, new relationship, moving, starting East West Event Productions, what more could a girl ask for??!!

Updates:

• T-2 days until OneHeart OC! THANK YOU to all the artists, photographers, performers, speakers, partner organizations, supporters, volunteers, etc. Everyone has been so supportive and pleasant to work with! This event could not be possible without each and every one of you! Looking forward to an awesome event on Friday!
• Booked 2 weddings - one in May and one in November - very exciting! I really love helping couples make their dream wedding a reality. Thanks to those of you spreading the word about my new business. Referrals are so powerful!
• Found out I will be attending a couple weddings as a guest this year. Weddings are so much fun - especially seeing people I haven't seen in ages! 2008 was the year of engagements, 2009 is the year of weddings and babies!
• Going to sit on the advisory board of a very dear friend of mine's non profit medical organization. He's trying to develop a children's hospital in rural China. Very cool!
• The East West Event Productions website is still underway. Website creation and design is not an easy task!