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In partnership with the Embassy of South Africa, Washington, DC, join us on Saturday December 5th 10:00AM – 1:00PM EST / 17:00 – 20:00 SAST for I Am, We Are’s 5th Annual Benefit Reception and Art Auction.
This year we will virtually come together in the spirit of gratitude and appreciation to celebrate all that we have overcome. We recognize the traumatic impact forced isolation, systematic racism and inequality, femicide, and other societal ills has had on us individually and communally. Yet, this year has also shown us the beauty of resistance. We feel this fierce determination in the eyes of the activists to the smiles and laughter of our children. The fight for peace is not only a battle on the streets but an internal battle of the mind and soul.
Joy is an act of resistance! We gather to celebrate all that is, and all that can be. It is our enduring hope that creates a new tomorrow, because We Are Here! We are divinely guided. We are purpose driven. We are unstoppable.
Featuring
A Mental Wellbeing Discussion with Charlamagne tha God (The Breakfast Club), Kabaro Neswiswa, and Tyrice McCoy (Generate Abundance)
Remarks from Biso Gxashe Tutu (Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation); IAWA Ambassadors Rorisang, Tsholofelo, Betty and Milisi
Master of Ceremony RuQuan Brown (Love1)
Music Provided by DJ Holla
Featured Artists
Patrick Mutombo (Toronto Raptors), and P Vilakati and Aven Amali (Rosebank Art Market)
Funds raised will support I Am, We Are’s launch of an leadership development program that will enable high-school aged youth in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and the Royal Bafokeng Nation to convene monthly in a virtual community that will support their universal well-being. Through cross-cultural immersion, trauma-informed counseling, career coaching, mentoring, and character development programming youth will use self-reflection and discovery to enhance their awareness and self-efficacy, critical building blocks for resiliency and self-actualization.
