About Respire Haiti

LAMORNER BROTHERS

Lamorner Brothers is a production company dedicated to providing culturally relevant content. They are proud to be hosting UNITED FOR HAITI and to be donating resources and time to making this event possible.

KAZOO

KAZOO -the Bday app provides an innovative digital platform for birthdays which allows our users to create lasting memories, celebrate and share their most important day of the year.

As part of their gift giving initiative, KAZOO has implemented KAZOO KARES,  an initiative dedicated to raising money for charities across the globe.

Alexandra Shipp, head of KAZOO KARES is excited to host UNITED FOR HAITI and help raise funds for Respire Haiti to expand their incredible work. 

THERABODY

Therabody's mission is to provide individuals with the effective natural solutions they need to take charge of their daily wellness. They have combined education, innovation, and over a decade of pioneering within the tech wellness space to make wellness more accessible for everybody.

McBRIDE SISTERS

The founders of the McBride Sisters Collection  Robin and Andrea McBride, have had a clear mission from day one – to transform the industry, lead by example, and cultivate community, one delicious glass of wine, at a time. 

With the launch of their SHE CAN Wines  in 2019, the Sisters dedicated their efforts to close the gender and race gap in leadership positions in male dominated fields by providing professional development scholarships and grants to emerging women leaders.

At its inception, “The McBride Sisters SHE CAN Fund” was created to promote the professional advancement of women in the wine industry in a concerted effort to help close the gender and race gap. In the first year, the fund awarded scholarships of nearly $40,000 to empower women to strive for change and to create opportunities for themselves and others, where there had not been before.

In 2020, global changes resulting from COVID-19 have hit all businesses but have been especially destructive to Black-owned small businesses. With Black women starting and maintaining businesses at a faster rate than any other group in America, McBride Sisters Collections pledged to help Black women-owned businesses through grants and services so they could make the necessary business adjustments to sustain and propel growth during the age of COVID-19. McBride Sisters awarded 30 Black-women owned businesses with over $300,000 in grants.

RUGIYATOU YLVA JALLOW

Rugiyatou Jallow is a Swedish and Gambian visual artist currently residing in Los Angeles.
The passion and appreciation that Rugiyatou has for the power of color, composition, and texture within the artistic process breathes an air of sophistication into each of her pieces.
She began painting at an early age, encouraged by the numerous artistic spirits amongst her friends and family, in particular her mother. As Rugiyatou’s aesthetic evolved, she began to gain her inspiration from more prominent artists such as Dorothea Tanning, Kara Walker, Frida Kahlo, and Salvador Dali. Rugiyatou was raised by her father and step mother in an west African culture in every sense. That became the beginning of the inspiration, which lead to her black subjectivity. She primarily works with acrylic paint to establish a sense of connection through bold designs and evokes a deep response to her work. Her choice of color and subjects further elaborates on freedom and women empowerment. Rugiyatou has collaborated with other professional artists including Ron Bass and Maxwell Dickson.