<div style="text-align:left"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.6239148469176143" style="font-family:Times;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><br>
<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday, May 21, 2012</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CONTACT: Claire Melvin</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:bellemelvin@gmail.com">bellemelvin@gmail.com</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CONTACT: YooJin Hong</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">217-721-0860</span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:indigo.coop@gmail.com">indigo.coop@gmail.com</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Artists for Guatemala Opening Reception</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The opening reception for Guatemala is on Saturday, May 26th 2012 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at indi go artist coop. It is free and open to the public. </span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Artists for Guatemala is an opportunity for local (and not so local) artists and art-buyers to donate to very worthwhile cause. All of the money raised from the sale and auction of the artists' donated pieces will go directly to aid impoverished Maya communities in Guatemala with Wuqu' Kawoq: Maya Health Alliance. Guatemala is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere, but it is the indigenous Maya populations who experience the worst of the poverty and have little to no access to the health and human services they need. The majority of these communities do no speak Spanish, but rather 1 of over 20 different Mayan languages still spoken in Guatemala. These communities experience widespread problems with child malnutrition, adult chronic illness, maternal death, unclean water, and lack access to the basic healthcare services every human needs due to the fact that these services are only provided in Spanish and are often too far away. </span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wuqu' Kawoq: Maya Health Alliance is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, nongovernment organization that was founded in 2007 by a physician, linguists, and development workers who realized that the language barrier was enforcing the connection between ethnicity, poverty, and, ultimately, poor health. Our mission is to provide healthcare and development services to Maya communities in Guatemala in their first languages as well as bring the services directly to the communities. We build sustainable, community-based programs that provide crucial services to fight child malnutrition, treat and manage chronic illnesses, combat maternal death, provide water filters to ensure clean water, and educate women and communities about their own health and services. </span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">for more information visit </span><a href="http://www.wk-guatemala.org/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(59,89,152);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.wk-guatemala.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://www.mayahealth.org/"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(59,89,152);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.mayahealth.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and check us out on facebook at </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/wuqu.kawoq"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(59,89,152);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.facebook.com/wuqu.kawoq</span></a><br>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/wuqu.kawoq"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(59,89,152);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gallery Hours: </span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday 21st 3-7</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday 22nd 3-7</span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday 23rd 3-7</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday 24th 3-7</span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday 25th 3-7</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday 26th 5-7</span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sunday 27th 4-7</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday 28th 3-7</span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday 29th 3-7</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday 30th 3-7</span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Donations: All donations should be made, ready-to-hang, by May 20th (art will be hung May 21st) -- to donate art pieces, please contact Claire Melvin: Wuqu' Kawoq Program Developer at <a href="mailto:claire@wuqukawoq.org">claire@wuqukawoq.org</a> or (217) 649-0984</span><br>
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<div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div>YooJin Hong</div>Gallery Director <br>indi go Artist Co-Op <br>
9 E. University; Champaign, IL<br>Check us out on Facebook! <br><a href="http://www.ind-go-art.com" target="_blank">www.ind-go-art.com</a><br>217-721-0860<br><br>
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