Do you believe “art and the encouragement of art is political in the most profound sense”?  (JFK, Remarks on behalf of the National Cultural Center, November 1962)

To affirm this statement, make a tax-deductible donation to Aberfan on #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that will take place on Tuesday, November 28.  We’re near $10,000 — push this project over the halfway point!

You can give through the blue donate button, located at the top right side of my website.

Laura Siersema is composer of Aberfan (7 pianos, voice and tools of rescue), a sponsored project of New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization.  All donations are tax deductible.  Your contribution ensures we can return to the studio to complete its recording.

On October 21, 1966, in the small mining village of Aberfan, Wales, a man-made mountain of coal waste catastrophically collapsed on a primary school, killing 116 children and 28 adults.  A Tribunal investigating the 1966 events found that the National Coal Board was entirely responsible for failing to act to prevent the disaster, though they were never prosecuted.

(Photo, Getty Images, Aberfan 1966)