APJ raises $750,000<\/span> to support education and community-led initiatives in Haiti<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n Download Images<\/i> here<\/a> \u2013 Credit Shutterstock Images (Photographer: George Pimentel<\/span>)<\/i><\/p>\n TORONTO<\/span><\/span>, Sept. 7, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ – Board Chair Natasha Koifman<\/span> and powerhouse board members Kardinal Offishall, Suzanne Boyd<\/span>, George Stroumboulopoulos, and more hosted the 17th annual Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ)<\/b><\/a> Gala<\/b> on the evening of Saturday September 6th<\/span> at the historic Omni King Edward Hotel in Toronto<\/span>. Recognized as one of the city’s most anticipated philanthropic events, the gala raised $750,000<\/span><\/b> to support education and community-led initiatives in Haiti<\/span>.<\/p>\n
<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n Since its founding, APJ has raised more than $36 million<\/span> and supported over 32,000 students through access to quality education, healthcare, and dignity.<\/p>\n This year’s gala, presented in partnership with Entertainment Weekly<\/i>, honoured acclaimed actor and activist Amanda Brugel<\/span><\/b> for her longstanding commitment to advocacy and equity.<\/p>\n Evening Highlights<\/b><\/p>\n Sponsors About Artists for Peace and Justice About NKPR SOURCE Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ)<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.prnewswire.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" APJ raises $750,000 to support education and community-led initiatives in Haiti\u00a0 Download Images here \u2013 Credit Shutterstock Images (Photographer: George Pimentel) TORONTO, Sept. 7, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ – Board Chair Natasha Koifman and powerhouse board members Kardinal Offishall, Suzanne Boyd, George Stroumboulopoulos, and more hosted the 17th annual Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) Gala on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2003620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[364799],"class_list":["post-2003619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-artists-for-peace-and-justice-apj"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Artists-for-Peace-and-Justice-Hosts-17th-Annual-Gala-Presented-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/b>This year’s event was made possible thanks to the generous support of sponsors, including Air Canada<\/span>, 2Fifteen by DBS Developments, Audi, and 138 Yorkville<\/b>.<\/p>\n
<\/b>Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) is a non-profit organization that encourages peace and social justice and addresses issues of poverty around the world. APJ’s immediate goal is to serve the poorest communities in Haiti<\/span> with programs in education, healthcare, and dignity through the arts. The organization is committed to long-term, sustainable development in direct partnership with the Haitian people. APJ partners with St. Luke’s Foundation in Haiti<\/span>. To learn more, visit www.apjnow.org<\/a><\/u> or follow @artistsforpeace on Instagram and Twitter.<\/p>\n
<\/b>NKPR was started in 2002 by Natasha Koifman<\/span> in order to combine two passions: shining a spotlight on stories of substance and supporting causes that are making a difference around the world. Over the past 20+ years, NKPR has established itself as a highly regarded full-service public relations, artist management and digital agency with offices in Toronto<\/span>, New York<\/span>, and Los Angeles<\/span>, representing over 40 national and international brands and supporting charitable organizations like Artists for Peace and Justice. For more information, visit NKPR on social media @natashankpr or at www.nkpr.net<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n