His exhibition is titled “A Shift in Haiti” and proceeds from the show will benefit the Maison Fortune Orphanage in Hench, Haiti. “I want to donate to them because teaching compassion is a cause that I can get behind and that’s what they focus on at that orphanage,” says Turner.
Two days after the Jan. 12 earthquake Turner decided to travel to Haiti. “I thought it would be a good opportunity to go over there and see first-hand what was happening, rather than just relying on what the mainstream media reports,” says Turner.
Less than two weeks after the earthquake Turner was in Haiti’s capital, Port Au Prince, where the quake damage was most prevalent. “I’ve never seen destruction on that scale before. In every direction there was destruction. You can’t get away from it. It so humbling,” he says. “I was out of my comfort zone and put in a situation like that. Your senses are bombarded by all the elements of tragedy. There are things happening there you just don’t see in the U.S.”
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Elsewhere on campus, Humboldt State’s Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity is organizing the Party For life: Haiti Relief Fund Dance on April 3 at 8 p.m. Visit http://now.humboldt.edu/events/haiti-relief-fund-dance/ for more information.
Campus radio station KHSU-FM maintains a list of charities where listeners can donate to help with the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Their list is available at http://www.khsu.org/Haiti_Reflief.