Supporting the community
Partnership
For the past few of years, we have partnered with Sojourner House, an organization which provides transitional housing and support to women and their children. Our members donate time and needed items to make the SH residents’ transition smoother. We also sing together and participate in various joint events.
The RWCC also supports our community by providing food and clothing for the impoverished and economically disadvantaged families in the Rochester community through partnership with local schools and not-for-profit organizations.
Supporting the community
Collaboration
Over the past 25+ years, the RWCC has performed with:
• women’s, men’s and mixed choruses with mission statements similar to ours
• women’s choruses at the International Performance Festival, Tampa, FL
• Peace Child Chorus, Rochester, NY
• about 40 choruses at the First Eastern Regional Festival of GALA, Cincinnati, OH
• even more choruses at the 7th International GALA Festival in Montreal
We also opened for Holly Near and co-sponsored her Rochester performance in May 2005 with Rochester’s Raging Grannies and Heartland Concerts.
Supporting the community
Participation
The Rochester Women’s Community Chorus has been doing much more than entertaining since its inception in 1978. In the last 25+ years, RWCC has:
• taught a workshop on community choirs at the Michigan Women’s Music Festival
• walked in Take Back The Night marches at SUNY Geneseo and SUNY Brockport
• participated in numerous International Women’s Day events
• participated in pro-choice rallies
• commemorated the AIDS Garden
• supported Night of One Hundred Parties — fundraiser for the political action arm of the State Gay Pride Advocacy Group
• opened for several ImageOut Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals
• participated in That All May Freely Serve — Presbyterian organization advocating for ordination of homosexual persons
• participated in World AIDS Day celebrations
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