A personal appeal from Your VibeMistress Stephanie Renée

Soul Sanctuary celebrated our 21st Anniversary in April. What an accomplishment and a blessing!

Now that our org is official grown and “legal,” we are looking toward the future with renewed vigor and enthusiasm. We've launched our latest in-person event, Qualified Qool LIVE, returning to The Rotunda in West Philly as an accessible, multifunction venue for us to share in cultural goodness together. We’ve re-launched our Qualified Qool podcast, in conversation with outstanding talent on the local, national, and global stage. We’ve partnered with Walking Bear Management to host the first-ever Sick Wit It Health & Wellness Symposium, focused on ensuring that Philadelphia’s creative community has access to information and resources to live long, healthy, and productive lives. We’re expanding the reach of our Photographic Memory installation and discussion series to more institutions throughout the region and country, where we can engage youth in activities around social justice and journalism. Our Soul Sanctuary Radio streaming station and I Heard That video show continue to attract audiences, domestic and international, with our passion for soulful expression.

But in order to build on these gains, it will take your investment to keep the gears turning.

Your contributions, today and every day, will be applied to:

• Attend to the basic operating costs of the organization: web hosting, digital design, cloud storage, updated streaming software, and other equipment that allows us to function and document our progress.

• Acquire the proper legal representation to (finally) file for federal 501(c)3 nonprofit status, secure our Board of Directors, and solidify our Board of Advisors.

• Fund paid internships to groom a new generation of cultural warriors in film, music, photojournalism, and creative writing, who can chronicle the journey of where we've been and where we're going.

We're looking to add you to our list of Soul Mates.

Go to paypal.me/SoulSanc (or use the button below) and make a one-time or recurring contribution of any amount.

I thank you, and I promise that Soul Sanctuary will always be about the good work of keeping soulfulness heard and seen.