✨ Come and celebrate our humanity!

You are warmly invited to an inspiring, hour-long celebration of our universal community—brought to life through soaring poetry and healing music of compassion and harmony.

🎤 Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand shares original poetry alongside powerful works

🥁 With music by Adama Dembele, David Washington, Rev. Dr. Suzi Schadle, and Imani

🎧 Featuring recorded music from Kusi Mahlasela & Ubuntu Voices “The Circle Moves” Sacred African Choir

🎙️ Introduced by Sherri Free

💫 As Martin Luther King, Jr. so beautifully expressed: “I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.”

🌿 Ubuntu reminds us that our humanity is shared and collective. We create and sustain one another.

Through our interdependence, we awaken to the truth that we are many expressions of one—✨ a bundle of life! ✨

🎭 About the Artists

🌟 Ronald Rand – Award-winning international solo performing artist, poet, director, and founder of The Soul of the American Actor. He has represented the U.S. in 28 countries with his acclaimed solo play LET IT BE ART! and authored four books.

🥁 Adama Dembele – 33rd-generation master djembe musician from Ivory Coast. An international performer and co-founder of Djembeso Ci Drum and Dance Ensemble, he teaches traditional West African rhythms here in Asheville.

💫 Rev. Dr. Suzi Schadle – Senior Minister at the Center for Spiritual Living Asheville, known for her uplifting message, humor, and ability to inspire authentic transformation.

🎹 David Washington – Music Director at CSL Asheville since 2014, composer, singer, and keyboardist devoted to music that reflects the journey toward spiritual wholeness.

🔥 Imani – Ceremonial musician, storyteller, and steward of the 18th Peace Chamber, offering sacred rhythm and presence rooted in deep spiritual lineage.