I first heard about New Orleans’ Charity Hospital from my dear friend EA Hanks. She posted an interview with Jonah Evans–the producer and co-director of SaveCharityHospital.com–here on TakePart and recently did a follow up with Jonah on her blog.

First, a quick recap as to why the fight for Charity Hospital is so important. Jonah explains, “Charity Hospital is a public hospital in New Orleans, one of the oldest in the country. It was founded in 1736 and has served the city since. Shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit, the hospital was closed by Louisiana State University, despite that fact that over 200 doctors, nurses, volunteers and soldiers from the 82nd Airborne fixed it up. LSU’s now trying to push an ill-conceived plan to build a new hospital that would destroy 67 acres of our city, take over a decade to build, and cost us over $2.2 billion. Charity Hospital can be rebuilt for a lot less, in half the time, and help us rebuild downtown New Orleans in the process.”

Last month, Liz posted an update about the Save Charity Hospital movement which includes an awesome note from Jonah. (Yup, awesome! So go read it!)

The fight to save the hospital continues so get your tickets to the benefit concert and help save Charity Hospital.

Charity Hospital Benefit Concert
Featuring: Lowrider Band, DJ Captain Charles and very special guests.
Saturday, September 19th @ 8pm
Howlin’ Wolf (907 S. Peters)
Tickets $5 | VIP Tickets $30