On Friday, Sept, 28th, Give Love founders Patricia Arquette and Rosetta Getty joined artist Sterling Ruby and other members of Los Angeles’ art community at an art auction to benefit Give Love and its efforts in Haiti.
”GiveLove’s programs are needed now more than ever to prevent cholera and provide Haitians with the training and tools to treat and compost waste, improve public health, and protect water resources,” says Arquette.
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Recently, Urban Zen had a fantastic opportunity to connect and collaborate with Patti Hansen and Patricia Arquette to distribute survival bags to women living in tent camps in Haiti. The project was borne out of an inspired conversation that our founder, Donna Karan, had with her long-time friend Patti Hansen. Patti and Molly Madden recently launched a new collection of bags called, “Hung on U,” and Donna immediately thought of Haiti. A few conversations later, the idea of the Survival Bags came into being. Patti provided the bags and Patricia Arquette distributed them to the women she works with through her GiveLove Foundation in Haiti.
The beautiful bags were filled with the essential items needed most by the women living under the difficult circumstance of tent life including: underwear, plumpy nut nutrition bars, a poncho, a pair of flip flops, a whistle, a flashlight and purified water tablets.
We had the opportunity to catch up with Patricia Arquette who distributed the bags. We chatted with her about all things Haiti and the experience of giving love by giving out the survival bags.
Here, we share our conversation to you:
Urban Zen: Can you tell us a little bit about the work you’re doing in Haiti?
Patricia Arquette: GiveLove started working in Haiti right after the earthquake in one of the largest tent camps in Citi Soleil. We realized right away that the lack of sanitation was a public health disaster. After learning more about Haiti, it became obvious to us that the lack of sanitation was a systemic problem even before the earthquake and 80% of the rural people had no clean water or toilets. Only the wealthiest people in Port-au-Prince have access to adequate sanitation. We couldn’t turn away from the fact that poor sanitation causes more deaths than HIV and malaria combined, and sadly diseases like cholera kill children and the elderly who are most vulnerable to infection. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be consumed with finding affordable sanitation solutions for the poorest people or have to understand pathogen death rates. The system that we’ve chosen to implement in Haiti is called thermophilic composting, and it’s a very simple and easy way to completely sanitize waste and convert it into compost that can be used for agriculture and reforest Haiti.
On December 6th, Patricia Arquette, actress and co-founder of GiveLove, traveled to Haiti with sheets and bath towels donated by Overstock.com. Arquette gave the bedding and bath products to the girls living in Don Busco orphanage, where GiveLove built housing. About the donation, she tweeted “The girls are over the moon. U can’t imagine how thankful they were!” We love being able to support the humanitarian efforts of organizations like GiveLove.
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A delegation of silver screen and TV actors are taking part in a visit to Israel this week, during which they will meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres.
Already on their trip, the group has met with Palestinian Authority leaders in Ramallah.
At a press conference in Tel Aviv on Thursday, the actors spoke about their impressions of Israel, including their visits to the rocket-battered town of Sderot, an Ethiopian absorption center and the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem. All expressed a great deal of enthusiasm about visiting Israel, though their excitement appeared to be tempered by some serious travel fatigue.
The week-long trip is being led by the “Creative Coalition,” a politically active group made up of American entertainers, in collaboration with the American Israel Education Foundation, an organization affiliated with AIPAC.
The actors on hand at the press conference included Patricia Arquette (True Romance and TV’s Medium); Richard Webb (known as “that guy from Wings”); Richard Schiff (Toby from The West Wing); and Rob Morrow, who played a Jewish doctor in Alaska on Northern Exposure in the ’90s.
Patricia Arquette spoke first, saying
“as actors I feel that it’s important for us to say that the arts are for all people and we are nondenominational and that applies to Israel as well.”
“We look forward to learning about the Arab side of the conflict as well and how we can as human beings bring art as a healing force.”
September 15th, friends of GiveLove – including Neil Patrick Harris, David Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Joaquin Phoenix – showed their support for GiveLove’s work, raising funds to bring training programs and support to some of the poorest communities across Haiti. “Every year, thousands of children die because of water borne diseases,” said Patricia Arquette, Founder of GiveLove. “The ongoing cholera epidemic has been catastrophic, we want people to know that we haven’t forgotten them and we haven’t forgotten Haiti.”
Imagine a city the size of Los Angeles with no safe drinking water and no bathrooms – the effect would be devastating. Toilets may be a taboo topic for some of us, but for Haitian children, men and women, a single clean toilet can be a lifesaver for communities. Founded by Patricia Arquette & Rosetta Getty, GiveLove provides more than 4,000 school children with access to compost toilets and helps numerous communities learn how to compost human and organic waste and to recycle it into nutrient rich soil. Compost sanitation prevents the spread of dangerous diseases and improves public health.
Enjoy a scenic hike and a picnic lunch with Emmy-Award winner, Patricia Arquette in Los Angeles now available at an auction at www.charitybuzz.com.
Patricia Arquette has just completed seven seasons as Allison Dubois on the critically-acclaimed series MEDIUM, for which she has received numerous accolades, including the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and many subsequent Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations. Arquette recently wrapped shooting Patricia Riggen’s SEE IF I CARE opposite Eva Mendes.
Her feature film credits include Richard Linklater’s “12 Year Movie a.k.a. Boyhood,” which shot the life of a boy from the first grade through high school graduation; Andrew Davis’ “Holes,” starring opposite Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight; Michel Gondry’s “Human Nature”; “The Badge,” opposite Billy Bob Thornton; and “Little Nicky,” opposite Adam Sandler.
Arquette has worked with a stellar list of directors in such critically-acclaimed films as: Martin Scorsese’s “Bringing Out the Dead” (opposite Nicolas Cage), Rupert Wainwright’s “Stigmata” (opposite Gabriel Byrne), Sean Penn’s “The Indian Runner,” John Madden’s “Ethan Frome,” Tony Scott’s “True Romance,” Tim Burton’s “Ed Wood,” David O. Russell’s “Flirting With Disaster,” John Boorman’s “Beyond Rangoon,” “Lost Highway” (in a dual role for David Lynch), Steven Frears’ “Hi Lo Country” and Roland Jaffe’s “Goodbye Lover.”
Among Arquette’s TV movie credits is “Wildflower,” directed by Diane Keaton, for which Arquette earned a CableAce Award as Best Lead Actress.
The granddaughter of comedian Cliff Arquette (best known for his television personality “Charlie Weaver”), Arquette comes from a family ensconced in the entertainment industry. Her father was actor Lewis Arquette and her siblings – Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and David Arquette – are all actors.
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I’m so happy to announce CARGO’s affiliation with GiveLove! Give Love is a charity founded by Patricia Arquette and Rosetta Millington-Getty to develop temporary housing solutions and improved sanitation systems for the people of Haiti.
I had a great conversation with Patricia and was so moved by the work she has been doing that I immediately wanted to help. She spoke so passionately about the need, the work, the improvements being made, and most of all about dignity; about bringing dignity and hope to people who have encountered such misfortune. I often think that each tragedy is a call to each of us to step up. To do something.
Thank-you Patricia Arquette for so graciously answering the call. And thank-you for calling on CARGO to join you. We are honored. In turn, I am calling on each of you to join in. Donate to GiveLove (www.givelove.org). Click on the website and see for yourself how your dollars will be transformed into hope and into action.
Over the next few months, CARGO will be offering products for sale with proceeds going to GiveLove. We will announce these launches on our site and on our Facebook page. Again, we will invite you to join us in giving, in improving, and in celebrating the results when we work together to make a difference.
Patricia Arquette was in Washington this week to represent The Creative Coalition at the White House’s Champions of Change initiative.
For her role as Allison Dubois on the critically acclaimed series “Medium,” Arquette has received numerous accolades, including the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and many subsequent Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations. The granddaughter of comedian Cliff Arquette (best known for his television personality Charlie Weaver), Arquette comes from a family ensconced in the entertainment industry. Her father was actor Lewis Arquette and her siblings — Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and David — are all actors.
Arquette recently wrapped shooting Patricia Riggen’s “See If I Care” opposite Eva Mendes. Her feature film credits include Richard Linklater’s “12 Year Movie aka Boyhood,” “Holes,” “The Badge” and “Little Nicky.” Arquette has worked with a stellar list of directors in such critically acclaimed films as: Martin Scorsese’s “Bringing Out the Dead,” Rupert Wainwright’s “Stigmata,” Sean Penn’s “The Indian Runner,” John Madden’s “Ethan Frome,” Tony Scott’s “True Romance,” Tim Burton’s “Ed Wood,” David O. Russell’s “Flirting With Disaster,” John Boorman’s “Beyond Rangoon,” “Lost Highway” (in a dual role for David Lynch), Steven Frears’s “Hi Lo Country” and Roland Jaffe’s “Goodbye Lover.” Among Arquette’s TV movie credits is “Wildflower,” directed by Diane Keaton, for which Arquette earned a CableAce Award as Best Lead Actress.
Last spring, after visiting Haiti and seeing firsthand the destruction caused by the devastating earthquake that hit the island, Arquette started up the charity GiveLove (www.givelove.org) to help provide victims with sustainable housing and assist in rebuilding communities in the aftermath of the disaster.
Current / Upcoming:
See if I care 2011
Patricia as Ms. Armstrong
Status: Post-production
Plot:
A thirteen-year-old girl is dissatisfied with her life and tries to enter adulthood through a series of rites of passage, succeeding only in creating one crisis after another.
Glutton 2011 / 2012
Patricia as Unknown
Status Pre-production
Info: A psychological thriller, directed by David Arquette. The film also stars Abraham Benrubi and Kacey Barnfield. It will be shot in 3D and filming begins in July 2011.
Boyhood 2015
Patricia as Unknown
Status Pre-production
Plot:
A drama, shot in documentary style, that tells the story of a parent-child relationship as the boy matures from a first-grader to a college freshman.
Trivia: Apparently filming began 2001 and will continue until 2013, and the film is said to be released 2015. Director Richard Linklater has been very hush-hush about the project but I am sure that this will be one of mis masterpieces and worth the wait.
