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Kathleen Hanna and Tees 4 Togo

Posted by Loren on October 21, 2018

Kathleen Hanna and Tees 4 Togo
photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg

Kathleen Hanna (The Julie Ruin, Bikini Kill), has launched a new t-shirt line featuring celebrity art/images as a charitable fundraiser for sending girls to school in Togo.

One hundred percent of profits from the Tees 4 Togo project go to Peace Sisters, a non-profit founded by Togo native Tina Kampor. Visit the website to learn more about the project. The 15 t-shirts for sale include collaborations with Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney/Portlandia), Kim Gordon, Joan Jett, Patt Oswalt, Adam Horovitz (Beastie Boys), Chuck D (Public Enemy), and more. The full list in included below.

 

15 TEES 4 TOGO designs:
-- Sleater-Kinney performer and actress Carrie Brownstein (drawn by Kim Gordon)
-- Comedian Patton Oswalt (drawn by writer and performer Sam McPheeters)
-- Joan Jett (drawn by artist Sarah Larnach)
-- Beastie Boy and Hanna’s husband Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz (drawn by musician Seth Bogart)
-- Public Enemy rapper, author and producer Chuck D (drawn by political artist Adee Roberson)
-- Sociopolitical comedian W.Kamau Bell (drawn by musician by Eric Adams)
-- Musician & Hanna’s former Le Tigre bandmate JD Samson (drawn by Kathleen Hanna)
-- Body/Head and Sonic Youth musician Kim Gordon (drawn by Ooga Booga artist Steve Dore)
-- Actor and comedian Kristen Schaal (drawn by Coleman Fitzgerald)
-- Grimes (drawn by artist Maddy Mathews)
-- Author, artist, performer and actor Justin Vivian Bond (drawn by illustrator Greg Kozatek)
-- Author and musician Brontez Purnell (drawn by illustrator Janelle Hessig)
-- Actor and comedian Hari Kondabolu (drawn by Bill Thelan)
-- Writer and director Jill Soloway (drawn by artist Hannah Lucy)
-- Bikini Kill, Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin musician, activist & actor Kathleen Hanna(drawn by Charlotte Farmer, Jhonny Russell, Katie Edmunds & Jess Marshall)

Kathleen Hanna and Tees 4 Togo
photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg

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