POP Non-Profit Status

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The Power of Peace is waiting for our own 501-C3 (non-profit) status for the social activist portion of this site. Until then we are proud to work with La Lutta as our fiscal sponsor for all non-profit related activities. This means any donations or not for profit products that are purchased on the Power of Peace will be provide full non-profit tax benefits to our donors. La Lutta takes 5% of all donations and funds to help with operational costs. 95% of the funds go directly to the appropriate cause. For any questions, please email nonprofit@thepowerofpeace.com

Writer, Director, Producer, and Visual Artist Antonino D'Ambrosio is the author of the groundbreaking A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears (Nation Books).   He is also the author of the critically acclaimed Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Politics of Joe Strummer; the film version executive produced by Tim Robbins will be released in 2010 and features original art and animation by Shepard Fairey and original music from a wide range of today’s brightest musicians including Antibalas, Saul Williams, Chuck D, and Thievery Corporation.  

Antonino  has produced, written and directed more than 16 films and documentaries.  He most recently wrote, directed and directed the  No Free Lunch, starring comedian Lewis Black, which is part of a film series addressing income inequality and economic injustice.  His writing appears in The Progressive, The Believer, The Nation, among many others. 

Antonino is the founder/executive director of La Lutta NMC (www.lalutta.org), a new media and production non profit picked by The Nation as one of the top independent media groups in the country.  

To date, La Lutta NMC has thousands of members and has worked with more than 1,000 community groups, non-profits, and art/cultural organizations  around the world as we strive to globalize art, culture, peace and democracy.  Honored by New York University as a Gallatin Lecturer—an honor bestowed upon a contemporary artist creating innovative and social engaging work—Antonino is currently the artist-in-residence at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe, NM where he launched the multimedia film series La Terra Promessa.  

In 2008, Antonino was the recipient of  Nation Institute Investigative Fund in support for his work for A Heartbeat and a Guitar.

Antonino and La Lutta NMC are proud to serve as the fiscal sponsor of the Power of Peace, a project that is visionary and innovative.