A Cause for Celebration 2022

220 Fayetteville Street,Raleigh NC 27601

22 October, 2022

Description

On Saturday, October 22, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., we invite you to join us and others in our community for A Cause for Celebration 2022, IPMW/Arise Collective's fall fundraising event. This hybrid event will feature Emmy-award nominated journalist Melanie Sanders as Mistress of Ceremonies, delicious food by local favorite Chef T, live music, and the third annual Hope Awards ceremony honoring inspiring community leaders. It will also feature the powerful stories behind the 25-foot-long tapestry crocheted by women while they were incarcerated in a North Carolina prison during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are grateful for your interest in being part of this fun and festive occasion! All proceeds will benefit the vital work of IPMW/Arise Collective to equip women with the tools and support they need to heal, grow and thrive, both in prison and in the communities to which they return. In-person and hybrid guests will be able to enjoy a raffle and live auction with prizes that include four (4) suite/box tickets to see the Carolina Hurricanes, including dinner and VIP parking. Semi formal attire. Masks requested but not required. Stay tuned for more sneak peeks into the event. As a form of public art, crochet has the power to make a positive difference in society. Historically, crochet has been a feminine-identified art form in a medium created for comfort, warmth, and versatility. It is also one of the few art forms available to incarcerated women – the three-inch plastic hooks and yarn being deemed no risk to the institution of prison. In early 2020 during a Duke Divinity School class offered inside the prison, a group of incarcerated women began to envision a quilt that might tell their stories and the stories of the women around them – stories of women doing time for fighting back in situations of domestic violence; stories of complex entanglements; stories of the children left behind. The COVID-19 pandemic provided the backdrop that would eventually weave these stories together into a coherent whole. Thus, Stitching Stories: A Prison Awareness Quilt was born. The Stitching Stories quilt has spent the past few months traveling to various locations across the state, raising awareness of women’s incarceration, its impact on children, families, and the community, and how the broader public can get involved. Now in its 42nd year, IPMW/Arise Collective provides chaplaincy services, transition education, and vital housing and reentry support to women from the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women (NCCIW) and beyond. We cannot do this work without partners and friends like you.