I hope this email finds everybody safe and healthy.
 
I am humbled and honored to announce that I’m one of the awardees for this year’s Medicine Men and Women and Artists Activists, along with Gary Bailey, Kay Walsh, and Amir Dixon. Please join me on the virtual Turning the Wheel event this Thursday from 6-8pm. (Award ceremony is scheduled at 7pm.)
 
Turning The Wheel is a fundraising event for the Medicine Wheel Productions, a non-profit organization founded in 2000 by Michael Dowling. Their mission is to transform communities from the inside out by inviting all members to participate in the healing and transcendent power of public art. They are forging a Common Path—one of inclusion and civic engagement—using art as a threshold to help individuals gain awareness of self, community, and the human condition.
 
Because of their strong commitment to inclusion and belonging, and civic engagement through art, I feel deeply honored to be recognized as one of the voices for making changes in our society. This year in the midst of the pandemic, fight against racism, and the presidential election campaigns, the healing and transformative power of art can be more than an inspiration but much needed sustenance for us to keep fighting.
 
I hope you can join me on the virtual Turning The Wheel event this Thursday evening.

Thank you so much for your ongoing support.

Onward,
Naoe