Name: COMMUNITY CULTURAL NIGHT
Start: 2018-06-20T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2018-06-20T20:00:00-04:00
Location: WeWork Kinzie

World Refugee day COMMUNITY CULTURE NIGHT

Join Karam Foundation for a Community Cultural Night in honor of World Refugee Day. Guests will have a chance to mingle over traditional Syrian food catered by HoneyDoe, shop local businesses supporting refugees, and enjoy musical and spoken word performances by local artists.

Wednesday, June 20

Doors open at 5:30pm

WeWork Kinzie

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About

Fixie tote bag ethnic keytar. Neutra vinyl American Apparel kale chips tofu art party, cardigan raw denim quinoa. Cray paleo tattooed, Truffaut skateboard street art PBR jean shorts Shoreditch. farm-to-table Austin lo-fi Odd Future occupy.

Come to shop from...

Scents of Syria

Part of Karam Foundation's Sustainable Development program to support small businesses inside Syria, Scents of Syria supports Ghar, a women's collective of 50 displaced Syrian artisan women.

Wear the Peace

A Chicago-based street-clothing brand with a mission to create a better world. For every piece of clothing purchased, Wear the Peace will donate a piece to someone in need. A portion of proceeds from your purchase will support Karam Foundation.

Watan

An arts shop based in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. A portion of proceeds from your purchase will benefit Karam Foundation's programs for Syrian refugees.

Karam Foundation

Karam Foundation is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to building a better future for Syria through Innovative Education programs for youth, Smart Aid for displaced families, and supporting Sustainable Development initiatives led by Syrians.

Come to hear from...

Bassel & The Supernaturals

Bassel & The Supernaturals combines neo-soul and funk with captivating lyrics about love, loss, and a war in Syria that has affected Bassel Almadani’s family along with 10,000,000 others.

Kayem

Kayem is a Chicago-based hip-hop artist. He is the son of a Libyan revolutionary. Kayem has been featured in CNN, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Complex Mag, The New York Times, and more.

Marwan Kamel

Marwan Kamel is a multi-instrumentalist in experimental maqam rock band City of Djinn and the organizer of a start-up, community-based refugee music school.

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World Refugee Week (June 18-24) is an annual milestone that raises awareness of the refugee crisis, spotlights the organizations working to support refugees, and celebrates refugees and their contributions to our global and local communities.

WeWork has joined the global effort through a commitment to hire 1,500 refugees in the next five years.

Join us:

we.co/refugees

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Clear your calendar - It's going down! You're invited to take part in the festivities. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Bios

ODB

Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004), better known under his stage name Ol' Dirty (or ODB), was an American rapper and producer. He was one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap group primarily from Staten Island.

Bios

Michael Kiwanuka

Wu Tang Clan, Co-Founder

Gatekeeper

Offset

Migos, Co-Founder

Rapper (?)

Geraldo Rivera

Hateration, Founder

Who's mans

Gucci Mane

Trap Music, Founder

Trap Lord

Bios...

Gucci Mane

Trap lord

ODB

Shaolin Master

Geraldo Rivera

Who's mans is this?

Mrs Robinson

WeWork

VP, Trill Operations

Mrs Robinson

WeWork

VP, Trill Operations

Mrs Robinson

WeWork

VP, Trill Operations

Mrs Robinson

WeWork

VP, Trill Operations

Mrs Robinson

WeWork

VP, Trill Operations

Schedule

8PM

"It's No Longer Lit" - A Postmortem

8:30PM

"Issa Banger" - An AAVE Tutorial

9PM

"Doing Better" - Do better

Partners

Wednesday, June 20

Doors open at 5:30pm

WeWork Kinzie, 17th floor

20 W Kinzie St, Chicago

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