James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
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Started by Sophie Nimmannit January 30th, 2012
A hilariously penetrating look at queer sex for straight folks, complete with sing-a-longs, how-to’s, romance, puppets and soul-baring striptease. John and Sophie have crafted perhaps the silliest, most heartfelt romantic comedy about anal sex imaginable!
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Dear Friends & Community!
I was very proud to perform Peg-ass-us, at my alma mater’s Sex Week on February 4th! And I invite passionate allies of Peg-ass-us to crowd-fund our Yale performance!
Getting funding for bringing the show to Yale is proving a challenge. The student organizers have had several obstacles in planning this year’s events. One factor is that they have no corporate sponsors this year; this is in order to address administration's concerns about Sex Week. (Read more: Yale Students Propose Less Porny Sex Week, Jezebel)
From the organizers: "Sex Week 2012 strives to employ an open, educational, peer-led forum on sex, intimacy, and relationships, answering students' questions and concerns in order to enrich lives while preventing sexual violence and misconduct. This year, we're excited to bring guests across specialties and backgrounds in sex covering 50 events, including Jaclyn Friedman, author of Yes Means Yes, Gail Dines, anti-pornography scholar and author of Pornland, Maggie Mayhem, self-producing queer porn star and HIV activist, and Ann Olivarius, plaintiff in landmark civil rights case Alexander v Yale, one of the first female Rhodes Scholars, and founding partner of international corporate and feminist law firm McAllister Olivarius. With well-funded conservative groups on campus opposing our existence and an uncooperative administration afflicted with PR skittishness, Sex Week has encountered its fair share of adversity. But when it comes to sex, we know we're right in thinking Yale has room to grow. Please support us!"
Our funding goal is $1100. This is $1000 for the performance, plus $100 for fundraising costs.
Donate $20 for a seat at Peg-ass-us for a Yale student! Donate what you spend on a theater ticket. Or multiple tickets! All and any amounts are welcome! Help supply some awesome sex-ed!
Sincerely,
Sophie Nimmannit (SM '02)
Peg-ass-us is a sex-ed burlesque that is frank, informative, funny, romantic and heartfelt. I have been performing the show with my partner and co-creator, and now fiance John Leo, since 2008. We have performed in NYC, San Francisco (where we won Best Comedy at the S.F. Fringe), Montreal, Seattle, Portland, and Juneau, as well as Bard College (John’s alma mater) and Sex Week at Brown. One succinct audience review: “Walks the fine line between humor, education, and challenge to an audience.” Watch the teaser!
Peg-ass-us is a production of Pack of Others, a theater company co-founded by Sophie Nimmannit & Erika Kate MacDonald. Pack of Others is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Pack of Others must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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Note: The Sex Week organizers continue to pursue funding for us. Should they succeed, or should this effort exceed our goal, your donations will go directly to subsidize another campus performance in 2012. We are in talks for one other campus this year, and can always pursue more, especially with support!