What a wonderful evening it was! Over-the-Rhine Community Housing held its fourth annual Celebrating Our Beloved Community event at Music Hall Ballroom, just around the corner from its office, last Thursday, October 14, from 5:30 to 8:30 p m.
This fundraiser brings together so many different aspects of the community development industry and of the diverse OTR community. The food is always terrific - hors d'oeuvres from What's for Dinner, this year. Really plenty for a light supper.
And then, from my point of view, so many friends to meet and greet, so many hugs to gather. It's like they give a big party so I don't have to! It really is an event that brings together so many caring people.
High point this year was a wonderful speaker, ibrahim adbul-matin, the author of Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet. A youth organizer and environmental policy consultant, media personality and blogger (Brooklyn Bedouin), Ibrahim added good energy to the love all ready in the room.
An award to Elder High School for the many years its students have spent Saturday mornings working on housing rehabs, a fantastic set of performances by Elementz, honorary co-chairs Dan Korman of Park + Vine and Zeinab Schwen of the Council on American Islamic Relations in Ohio - a very inspiring and fun way to spend an evening.
Everyone's supply of community building energy got a big boost.
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