ABOUT THE EVENT
Monday, July 17, 2023
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Sociable Cider Werks
1500 Fillmore St. NE, Minneapolis
Our ‘Together We Can’ event will take place at Sociable Cider Werks, the popular craft cidery located in Minneapolis’ iconic ‘Nordeast’ neighborhood. There is ample free parking. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. Dinner, catered by the renown Afro Deli & Grill, will be available starting at 6:45 p.m. Delicious Sociable ciders, seltzers, beer, and waters will be available throughout the evening. Our program will begin at 6pm and the festivities will conclude at 9:00 p.m.
In addition to a great night of music, our raffle drawing will award cash prizes and there will be unique travel, food, and art experiences for bid in our online auction.
Together We Can is AIAIA’s 4th annual summer fundraiser. Our goal this year is to raise $160,000. Ticket sales account for less than 20% of our fundraising goal. Your participation in our live Fund A Need donation, online auction, QR code giving, and raffle at the event are critical for us to achieve our goal. Thank you for your generosity. Tickets include all your food, beverage, & entertainment.
EVENT SCHEDULE
5:00 p.m. -- Reception
- Registeration open bar service available
- On-line Auction bidding underway
6:00 p.m. -- Program
- Gathering song: NUNNABOVE
- World Debut: Arm in Arm in Action
- Angela Davis, emcee reflects on her visit to South Africa earlier this year
- Fr. Jim Cassidy, President/co-founder of AIAIA
- Ed Luterbach, Director, tonight's fundraising
- Zinzi Jacobs, 'Together We Can'
- Christopher Hermann, Fund a Need
6:45 p.m. -- Dinner
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. -- NUNNABOVE Performance
8:30 p.m. -- Raffle Grand Prize drawing; Close of Silent Auction
9:00 p.m. -- Adjourn
Purchase Tickets
There are 3 ticket options for the evening (subject to availability):
1. Table of 10 with priority seating -- $1,000 per table ($400 tax deductible)
2. Individual seats at shared tables of 10 -- $75 per seat ($15 tax deductible)
3. High-top standing tables (accommodates 6) -- $65 per ticket ($5 tax deductible)
NUNNABOVE was featured on Season 13 of America’s Got Talent and have been called "the next generation of the Minneapolis sound." The Current calls them “Minneapolis’s latest and greatest.” Terry Lewis says “They have many years of music ahead of them,” and Star Tribune’s Jon Bream calls them the “ambitious family pop-soul quartet from Woodbury.” The four-sibling group weaves pop, rock, R&B, jazz, and Neo-Soul styles seamlessly with a fresh, youthful vibe.
NUNNABOVE consists of Cadence (23) on bass and lead vocals, Mattie (21) on keys and vocals, Bennett (20) on guitar and vocals, and Wisdom (18) on drums and vocals. The band has shared the stage with 3-time Grammy Award-winning Sounds of Blackness, PJ Morton of Maroon 5, The Steeles, and Stokely, among many others.
Angela Davis
Angela Davis, host of Minnesota Public Radio’s morning show News with Angela Davis will emcee and share stories of her visit to South Africa earlier this year.
She joined MPR News in November 2018 after more than 25 years of television reporting and anchoring in the Twin Cities and other cities throughout the country.
Zinzi Jacobs
When she was 17 years old, Zinzi Jacobs became an orphan, left to raise herself and her sister Nina, then age 13. Zinzi was a member of JL Zwane, our partner church in Gugulethu.
The food parcels Arm in Arm provided enabled Zinzi and sister to cook daily and continue their schooling. Zinzi graduated in Accounting at Cape Peninsula University of Technology and is working in that field today. She is coming to the U.S. for the first time to share her inspiring story at our
July 17 event.
