Joining KCA co-founder Alicia Keys, will be Chris Rock as emcee as well as Alicia performing unique mashups/duets with LION BABE and Wizkid.
The 12th annual Black Ball will be hosted by Grammy award-winner, Alicia Keys and actor, comedian and director, Chris Rock. The evening will celebrate the work of KCA and help raise the necessary funds to provide treatment and care for children, youth and families living with and affected by HIV in Africa and India. The Black Ball will be held on Thursday, November 5 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
Keep a Child Alive (KCA) was founded in 2003 by AIDS activist Leigh Blake and Grammy Award-winner Alicia Keys, as an emergency push to get life-saving HIV medications to African children and families, who otherwise would not have had access to treatment.
The CEO of KCA, Peter Twyman says that ” local solutions are key to ending the AIDS epidemic, supporting HIV programs that are implemented by innovative community-based organizations.”
This year’s Black Ball theme is Afrofurturism, which celebrates the ingenuity, creativity, and talent of Africa’s entrepreneurs, artists, designers, musicians and activists.
“At this year’s Black Ball, we will bring attention to the young, vibrant and extraordinary people of Africa,” said Alicia Keys, co-founder of KCA. “Their future is bright, but with 25 million people currently living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, we need to get AIDS out of the picture once and for all, for Africa to reach their full potential.”
This event is where celebrities and philanthropy join hand-in-hand to work with Keep a Child Alive (KCA) and raise millions for children and families living with and affected by HIV in Africa and India.
For more information, please visit Keep A Child Alive.