Catholic Charities and Cafe Berlin are hosting a Refugee Community Showcase! Join for an evening of music, poetry, story-telling and more.
Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri is the official refugee resettlement agency in Mid-Missouri. Each year, the Refugee and Immigration Services, CCCNMO office in Columbia resettles an average of 137 refugees a year. All proceeds from this event will be used to help resettle new refugees in the Mid-Missouri area.
Admission is suggested $10 donation/sliding scale. All are welcome!
*Please note: this is an early event! 6pm-8pm*
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Performers include:
-Ahmed, local refugee and rababa musician
-Anand Prahlad, poet, mbira musician, folkloris, & educator
-Milbre Burch, grammy-nominated and internationally know oral-storyteller.
-One Mic, Spoken word collective based out of Columbia, MO. Founded in 2014 by T'Keyah Thomas and Andrew Hutchinson.
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For more information, contact Alex Ringling: aringling@cccnmo.org.
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