Honoree Highlight: Resistance Revival Chorus

AQE's Champions of Education Celebrating a Victory Decades in the Making Wednesday, October 27, 2021 // 6 PM // Online REGISTER NOW Dear Ashley,   AQE's annual Champions of Education celebration honors individuals and organizations that have gone above and beyond in their dedication to ensuring that all students have access to a quality education.  We are proud to present the honorees for AQE's ninth annual Champions of Education celebration, and highlight their contributions to the fight for education justice.   Honoree Highlight: Resistance Revival Chorus   The Resistance Revival Chorus is a collective of more than 70 women and non-binary singers, who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women’s voices, especially the voices of black women and women of color. Both as a group and as individuals, they have shown great support for AQE over the years, using their voices and songs to uplift actions and celebrations, holding personalized events to raise money for our work, and amplifying our campaigns. They carry our message of equity in education both collectively and individually. Joy in Movement Award Resistance Revival Chorus Members are touring musicians, film and television actors, Broadway performers, solo recording artists, gospel singers, political activists, educators, filmmakers, artists, and more, representing a multitude of identities, professions, creative backgrounds, and activist causes, including Zakiyah Ansari and AQE. The Resistance Revival Chorus was founded in the wake of the 2017 Women's March and strives to center women in music and address how historically marginalized women have been in the music industry. They’ve backed Ke$ha at the GRAMMYs, performed on The Tonight Show with Jim James, sung Spanish lullabies to detained migrant children outside a New York holding facility, created viral dance parties outside of early voting polling places during the 2020 election, and been shouted-out on Twitter by hometown hero Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. When they’re not performing on stages like Carnegie Hall, the Apollo or Newport Folk Festival, The Resistance Revival Chorus regularly hits the NYC streets, advocating for social justice across the spectrum. From standing in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives and calling to defund the police, The Resistance Revival Chorus has been involved in many activist causes including reproductive rights, education justice, the anti-Muslim ban, Climate Change, LGBTQIA+ rights at PRIDE and attending the March For Our Lives. The RRC brings music to the movement. We hope you will be able to join us on October 27 for our virtual celebration of the Resistance Revival Chorus and our other honorees: Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, neuroscientist, parent leader, and organizer; and Johanna Garcia, parent, community leader, activist and Chief of Staff to Senator Robert Jackson. REGISTER NOW We hope to see you there! Jasmine Gripper Executive Director AQENY.org Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram DONATE

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