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Annie Lane-Ryan's Fundraiser
Join me in helping the Tacoma Refugee Choir end our season on a high note!
Support the arts. Please give today!
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Annie Lane-Ryan
"An opportunity to walk my talk & show gratitude for all I've received from the Tacoma Refugee Choir ~"
$500
This is an invitation to join my fundraising team by making a simple donation! In the weeks leading up to our May 30 concert season finale, we are raising funds to sustain and expand our multicultural arts programming into the future.
I was introduced to the Tacoma Refugee Choir through my spiritual community by a former Artistic Director. Just the concept of supporting immigrants & refugees resonated with me. Particularly because of the challenges my maternal grandparents faced migrating for jobs from their small island of Siquijor as teenagers to marry in Hawaii & lose their first 2 baby sons who at those times considered a curse which could have been a virus like SIDS. So, they continued their migration to Central California to become tenant farmers in Morgan Hill & went on to raise 8 children. That area became part of the Silicon Valley & there's now an offramp from Hwy 101 named "Ten(n)ant Ave". Along with my father's experience as a Boy Scout in Luzon warding off the Japanese invasion of WW2; he was later recruited by the US Army & served in France during the Korean War training the troops in guerilla warfare.
I am proud & stand tall to be a member of the Tacoma Refugee Choir where on occasion I wear my mother's Philippine "camisa" & sing out the joys & sorrows of my choir mates, families & homelands. We have performed at Benaroya Hall with the Rainbow City Orchestra & the Madaraka Festival amongst other venues. The TRC will be at Folklife for the first time this Memorial Day May 25th.
Currently under the direction of Orlando Morales, we have taken our mission statement which is "Creating spaces for authentic expression, interconnection, & healing through song & music" into the public schools where he & other choir members teach music to students who find themselves in similar predicaments - A foreign land, feeling alone & in need of community.
It really does take a village to change the norms, prejudices & outcomes of a biased society. I know I am grateful for mine. Please join my team so that together, we support this work, amplify refugee and immigrant voices, and help continue to make Tacoma a welcoming and connected city. For those who have donated in the past, Thank You for that!
Find out more about us here https://www.refugeechoir.org/
Please donate and help me reach my goal! I appreciate any amount you can give. Your contribution will go far in supporting the Tacoma Refugee Choir's programs, where cross-cultural connection and belonging thrive. Thank you for your support!