Conscious Alliance is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th most populous city in Color ...
committed to supporting communities in crisis through hunger relief and youth empowerment.
Organization
Conscious Alliance operates grassroots
food collection and
hunger
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awareness programs throughout the United States, primarily by organizing food drives at concerts and music events in exchange for limited edition concert posters. Donations to Conscious Alliance benefit America's local
food pantries
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and economically isolated
Native American Reservation
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s. Conscious Alliance has hosted hundreds of food drives at music festivals including
Bonnaroo
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, Power to the Peaceful, and
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* Wakarusa, Kansas
* The Wakarusa River, a tributary of the Kansas River
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, and at concerts by artists such as
The String Cheese Incident
The String Cheese Incident (SCI) is an American jam band from Crested Butte and Telluride, Colorado, formed in 1993. The band is composed of Michael Kang (acoustic/electric mandolin, electric guitar, and violin), Michael Travis (drums and percus ...
,
STS9
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,
Jack Johnson,
Michael Franti
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&
Spearhead,
Dave Matthews,
Phil Lesh
Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career.
After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...
,
Bassnectar
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Biography
Ashton grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Bellarmine College Preparatory. He initiall ...
, and many others.
References
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External links
Official website
Charities based in Colorado
Social welfare charities based in the United States