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GALA 2024DRUMMING FOR UNITY AND HEALING
Rev. Edwin Arrison, Rev. Rene August
Volmoed Youth Drummers from South Africa
Sunday, November 10, 3:30-7:00pm
Orchard Ridge Country Club
4531 Lower Huntington Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46809
Individual Registrations - $85
Benefactor levels:
$300= two registrations
$600= two registrations + 4 gala guests
$1000 = two registrations + 6 gala guests
Benefactors receive an invitation to the Saturday night reception
Heavy appetizers, silent auction
Register online at our webpage here: https://www.indianacmep.org/
or mail a check to:
ICMEP
P.O.Box 12005
Fort Wayne IN 46862
(memo line: Gala)
South African Anglican priests, Rev. Edwin Arrison and Rev. Rene August were close friends of, partners and veteran anti-apartheid activists with the late Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu (lovingly known as "Arch"). They give lectures around the world on the Arch's philosophy of "ubuntu," "I am because we are," a sense of mutuality, reconciliation with justice, unity, and community.
South Africa has led global support for Palestine, most recently in its court case at the International Criminal Court.
Edwin Arrison was ICMEP’s 2022 Gala speaker and Champion of Justice Award recipient.
Edwin is the leader of Kairos South Africa, is a consultant and partner with Kairos Palestine, an organizer of the May 2024 Global Anti-Apartheid Conference on Palestine, with 30 nations present, and led the first international delegation to Palestine after October 7.
Rene August is a reconciliation trainer with Cape Town’s The Warehouse, working with church leaders in some of the poorest countries in the world as they seek to respond to the issues of poverty, injustice, and division.
Edwin and Rene are leaders of the Volmoed Youth Drummers, young women and men who make drums, perform in schools, hospitals, community groups, etc.
In the rebuilding of post-apartheid South Africa, from their country’s most impoverished townships, these young women and men are empowered, deal with issues of ongoing racism, youth unemployment, and create community.
Check out the Volmoed Youth Drumming Project Website here:
https://volmoedyouth.org.za/the-volmoed-youth-drumming-project/
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Orchard Ridge Country Club, Fort Wayne, United States
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