Apna Ghar's 2022 Spring Benefit!
You are invited to Apna Ghar's Spring Benefit on Friday, June 10, 2022 at 6:00pm at Venue West in Chicago!
Civic and corporate leaders, community partners and activists will come together for a fun and inspiring evening. The event will include a cocktail reception, seated dinner program and fundraising. We look forward to celebrating with you!
Civic and corporate leaders, community partners and activists will come together for a fun and inspiring evening. The event will include a cocktail reception, seated dinner program and fundraising. We look forward to celebrating with you!
Special Guests
Jenny Vyas
Jenny Vyas is a nationally recognized Contemporary Fine Artist and Muralist for her powerful paintings and murals. She is highly influenced by beauty in complex human emotions and attempts to reveal them through nuanced expressions in her work. Her interest in human frailty shows in her paintings where she creates abstracts of human silhouettes and fluctuating forms in half-light; all drawn from reality, personal experiences, and memories. Jenny enjoys painting interactive murals where the viewers become a part of the artwork and the art is an extension of their stories. Some of her current popular murals are the Wings in West Loop. Jenny's artistic influences stream from music, poetry, books, artists like Shakespeare, Rothko, JR, Banksy, Alexa Meade, Andy Worhol, Jackson Pollock, Da Vinci, Salvador Dali, Georgia O'Keeffe, Gustav Klimt, and many more. Prior to becoming an artist, Jenny has headed eCommerce for corporations and brands for 15+ years, including The Oprah Store at Harpo. JennyVyas.com
Performance: Woori Sori
Woori Sori (meaning Our Voice) is a Korean women and gender non-conforming folx percussion group that creates space for people to share a powerful connection through dancing, singing, and playing drums. The group normally plays four of the traditional Korean percussion instruments. Each of the four instruments represents different aspects of the universe and nature: stars and thunder; sun and wind; moon and cloud; and rain, and the people who walk upon the land to tie the spirits and the body.
Woori Sori is drumming to bring people together not only for performance but also as a collective ritual that bridges the powerful connections to celebrate community and gather power to make the transformation. While such space was dominated by men culturally and historically, Woori Sori came together in 1995 founded by a group of leaders at KAN-WIN whose mission is to fight against gender-based violence and is now open to a larger community that shares these values. Multi-generational members of Woori Sori bring various backgrounds as mothers, sisters, community workers, and churchgoers, but the common thread tying us together is our commitment to work together to achieve gender, racial, and social justice.
Woori Sori is drumming to bring people together not only for performance but also as a collective ritual that bridges the powerful connections to celebrate community and gather power to make the transformation. While such space was dominated by men culturally and historically, Woori Sori came together in 1995 founded by a group of leaders at KAN-WIN whose mission is to fight against gender-based violence and is now open to a larger community that shares these values. Multi-generational members of Woori Sori bring various backgrounds as mothers, sisters, community workers, and churchgoers, but the common thread tying us together is our commitment to work together to achieve gender, racial, and social justice.
DJ Taz Rashid
DJ Taz Rashid brings a high vibrational energy to any room instantly by mixing the beats and rhythms of Love, Ancient New World, House, Devotional, and all the cosmic sounds. His vision is to be a channel to cause the expansion of all those around by tapping into the creative wisdom of the body and allowing them to feel, let go and awaken. Taz has been producing and part of creating mindful events globally over the last few years and as a musician, he plays guitar, piano, Native American Flute, didgeridoo and hand percussion. He takes these instruments and connects to source energy and what comes through has the ability to move his crowd to connect to their higher selves. Recently he has been performing and DJing at events such as Yoga Journal Conference, Wanderlust Festivals, Arise Festival, Bhakti Fest, Bali Spirit Fest, and many more high vibrational gatherings while sharing the stage with global acts such as Xavier Rudd, Michael Franti, Trevor Hall, Nahko Bear, MC Yogi, DJ Drez, Guadi and more. DJTazRashid.com
Natasha Ghoneim
Natasha Ghoneim will be joining us virtually to introduce a video of her in conversation with our program participant. Natasha is a senior international correspondent with Al Jazeera English. She is a veteran journalist with more than twenty-five years of experience. Ghoneim first joined Al Jazeera Media Network as the Miami bureau correspondent for Al Jazeera America in 2013. The following year she joined Al Jazeera English. Prior to that, Ghoneim reported extensively in local news in the United States in markets including Los Angeles, New York & Detroit. She has a passion and a long track record of covering social justice & human rights issues, humanitarian crises as well as stories impacting women and children. Ghoneim is an alumna of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a board member of the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association. Link to her work https://vimeo.com/natashaghoneim
EVENT TICKETS To purchase individual tickets or to sponsor a table for our event click here.
EVENT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES To sponsor our event click here.
EVENT PROGRAM BOOK ADVERTISEMENT To purchase program book advertisements, click here.
Please click on the image below to download our sponsorship and program book packages.
For more information about event sponsorship, program book ads, individual tickets or table sponsorship, please contact Uneza Akhtar, Development Manager at 773-883-4663 x 233 or [email protected].
EVENT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES To sponsor our event click here.
EVENT PROGRAM BOOK ADVERTISEMENT To purchase program book advertisements, click here.
Please click on the image below to download our sponsorship and program book packages.
For more information about event sponsorship, program book ads, individual tickets or table sponsorship, please contact Uneza Akhtar, Development Manager at 773-883-4663 x 233 or [email protected].
Auction and Paddle Raise
Erin William's mission is to help non profits maximize fundraising events and create memorable donor experiences. She is a graduate of the Professional Ringmen’s Institute and World Wide College of Auctioneering, a member of the National Auctioneers’ Association and 1 of only 250 auctioneers in the world to hold the Benefit Auction Specialist designation. Erin is an auctioneer that will bring authentic passion and inspiring energy to Apna Ghar's 2022 Spring Benefit! RaisingPaddles.com
Erin William's mission is to help non profits maximize fundraising events and create memorable donor experiences. She is a graduate of the Professional Ringmen’s Institute and World Wide College of Auctioneering, a member of the National Auctioneers’ Association and 1 of only 250 auctioneers in the world to hold the Benefit Auction Specialist designation. Erin is an auctioneer that will bring authentic passion and inspiring energy to Apna Ghar's 2022 Spring Benefit! RaisingPaddles.com
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