BAWF has a long-standing commitment to using our “talents” for local non-profit organizations’ fund-raising needs, and we’re excited for our latest: The Public Interest Law Project. We discovered this opportunity through a friend’s roommate who’s inolved with the PILP at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Evan, Alex and our friend Ali Clayrs will be playing at Holocene on Thursday February 4th to benefit this organization.
The Public Interest Law Project was organized by law students in 1990 as a chapter of the National Association of Public Interest Law (NAPIL) – now known as Equal Justice Works. PILP is dedicated to encouraging law students to pursue public interest careers. PILP’s primary goals are two-fold:
- providing summer stipends for students working in public interest law; and
- establishing a loan repayment program for graduates choosing to pursue careers in the public interest profession.
An annual auction and other fund-raising efforts have allowed PILP to award ten to fifteen stipends per summer. Summer stipend recipients have worked for a variety of organizations, dealing with issues such as children’s rights, environmental protection, domestic violence, and civil rights. The maximum amount of the summer stipend was recently increased to $5,000.
We’re very thankful for the work they do, and we’re glad they’ve allowed us to assist in the only way we know how: playing tunes! The show starts at 8pm, and we’ll go on around 9pm. We hope to see you there! More details below.
The next day we all go to the beach for our first ever BAWF weekend retreat where we’ll write new tunes, have plenty of business time, and (in-between that) play ungodly amounts of Rock Band™ (NO BEATLES! -Alex).
1:53 pm
You’re the best! Take care.