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On Saturday, October 14, 2023, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., we invite you to join Arise Collective Board and Staff, as well as many others in our community at the Chavis Community Center Reception Hall (located at 505 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Raleigh) for A Cause for Celebration 2023, Arise Collective (formerly Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women)’s fall fundraising event. This live event will feature delicious food and beverages, interactive displays and videos, powerful stories of freedom and resilience, and the 4th Annual Hope Awards ceremony, honoring three leaders in our community. This year’s event will also host the unveiling of Through the Lens of Freedom, a visual storytelling project created by women in Arise Collective’s Women’s Reentry Project. Using a mix of digital and film photography, Through the Lens of Freedom uses narrative photography as both an exercise in healing and as a powerful artistic medium for participants in our Women’s Reentry Project to explore their own unique visual language and creative imaginings to tell their own story. Each woman’s photographic journey will be immortalized through a gallery and print exhibit, displayed at this event for the first time. Through sharing these narratives with supporters and allies, it is our hope that we can all access a deeper understanding of the immeasurable strength and insightfulness women cultivate when facing freedom.