Photos: Robby Klein/Courtesy of the artist

JusticeAid Fall Benefit Concert for SMYAL

Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, 7 PM  |  City Winery  |  1350 Okie St. NE
Washington, DC 20002  |  Google map

JusticeAid invites you to enjoy an intimate evening with Nashville-based pianist and vocalist, Kandace Springs. 100% of ticket sales and sponsorships will provide unrestricted funds for JusticeAid’s 2022 grantee partner, SMYAL (Supporting Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders).

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KANDACE SPRINGS

When music icon Prince heard Kandace Springs’ cover of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” in 2014, he invited her to perform with him at Paisley Park for the 30th anniversary of Purple Rain, becoming a mentor to the young singer and pianist. Appearances on Letterman, Kimmel, Fallon, and the Afropunk and Bonnaroo festivals followed, along with the signing of the revered Blue Note label and three albums: Soul Eyes (2016), Indigo (2018), and The Women Who Raised Me (2020). While all three recordings are tied together by an aesthetic throughline, each one is a distinct synthesis of classic and contemporary inspirations.

Known for her lithe and smoky voice and an intensely expressive mastery over the piano, Springs draws much of her musical inspiration from her father, Scat Springs, a respected session singer, and other jazz influences from her Nashville upbringing. She credits Norah Jones and Bonnie Raitt for sparking something deeper in herself.  

The Women Who Raised Me is a loving covers tribute to the great female singers who inspired her toward becoming one of the premier jazz/soul vocalists of our time: Ella Fitzgerald, Roberta Flack, Astrud Gilberto, Lauryn Hill, Billie Holiday, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Carmen McRae, Bonnie Raitt, Sade, Nina Simone, and Dusty Springfield.

 “I literally learned to do what I do by singing along with them,” states Springs. “Ever since, I’ve wanted to pay that forward by reminding people of how great these ladies are; we all owe them so much.”

This is Kandace’s fourth JusticeAid performance. Yes, we love her!

LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
“Soul Eyes”
“Pearls” (Official Video)
EVENT SPONSORS

With heartfelt thanks

TICKETS & SPONSORSHIPS
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS

$300

  • All tickets include sparkling beverage and hors d’oeuvres; three-course dinner with assorted beverages (wine, beer, sodas, juice); coffee/tea.

BUY TICKETS
SPONSORSHIPS

$5000-$10,000

  • All sponsor tables include tickets, choice seating, and name recognition per desired sponsorship level.  

  • Includes: sparkling beverages and hors d’oeuvres; three-course dinner with assorted beverages (wine, beer, sodas, juice); coffee/tea.

SPONSOR
JUSTICE ALLY

$500+

  • Can’t attend but want to lend support? Contributions of $500 and up will receive recognition in the program.

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ABOUT THE SHOW

Please consider a table sponsorship (10 tickets per table) for your law firm, company, or group of friends! Download opportunities here or contact me. Thank you!

Jenny Chandler, JusticeAid Managing Director

JusticeAid was formed in 2013 around a simple but profound idea: To promote justice through the arts and public engagement.

Since then, our merry band of music lovers and civil rights advocates have been raising money to support powerful tipping point organizations fighting injustice and inequality. We give dollar for dollar of every contribution we raise in our outstanding concerts to our grantee partners. In addition, our free educational public forums help raise awareness through conversations with trusted voices—individuals on the cutting edge of eradicating barriers to justice, especially for the marginalized and underserved members of our society. 

Please join us! Come to our events, spread the word, and support the work we do with tickets and financial contributions as you are able to deliver, so we can continue advancing the struggle. Your money will be well spent!

Mark Rochon, Host Committee Chair
Carl Baloney
Betsy Biben
Barry Boss
Trent Brooks
Rob Cogorno and Jeffrey Nelson
Angela J. Davis
Anne DiRosa
Jocko Fajardo
Pat McGlone
Karen Thomas
The Board of Directors of JusticeAid

SMYAL (Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders) supports and empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in the Washington, DC, metropolitan region. Through youth leadership, SMYAL creates opportunities for LGBTQ youth to build self-confidence, develop critical life skills, and engage their peers and community through service and advocacy. Committed to social change, SMYAL builds, sustains, and advocates for programs, policies, and services that LGBTQ youth need as they grow into adulthood. Learn more about SMYAL here.


Sunday, September 18, 4 PM, 

On Sunday, September 18th, at The Riverside Church of the City of New York, we held our Spring Public Forum, Erasure: The Otherization of Queerness. TransLash Media creator and Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist, Imara Jones, set the stage for a discussion, “Freedom to Be Queer: Overcoming Marginalization, Criminalization, and Erasure” with panelists Ceyenne Doroshow, Founder and Executive Director of G.L.I.T.S.; Charles King, CEO, Housing Works; and Adrian Mora, an LGBTQ youth and congregant of The Riverside Church. The Resistance Revival Chorus and jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker performed and helped us celebrate openness, acceptance, and tolerance.

This event marked JusticeAid’s fourth partnership with the historic Riverside Church, an interdenominational, interracial, and international congregation in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. A focal point of global and national activism since its inception, The Riverside Church has a long history of social justice; Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his Beyond Vietnam sermon there on April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination.

See wrap-up and gallery.

Forum Wrap-Up