Members of Northwestern’s One Voice student group know music brings people together, and they hope to raise students’ awareness of human trafficking around the world with a free April 20 concert featuring Canadian indie rock band Stars.
“We thought Stars would be great because they have a lot of support in the college market,” said One Voice Co-Director and Fundraising Chair Francesca Chia.
With a breakthrough single, “Ageless Beauty,” on their 2004 album “Set Yourself on Fire,” the five-person band is well-known in the rock world. Three Stars members are also part of the Canadian group Broken Social Scene.
A representative for High Road Touring, the band’s U.S. touring agent, confirmed the April 20 date.
The free concert will be the culminating event in a series that aims to educate students about the horrors of human trafficking, and how it is not only limited to underprivileged countries, the Weinberg sophomore said.
One co-sponsor of the event is A&O Productions, who suggested the band to the organization.
Read more about Stars’ concert in Friday’s DAILY.