Carrie, my sister, sings with the Milwaukee Public School Alumni Choir. No, she's not an MPS alum, but she got started singing with the group during the last presidential campaign. The group was affectionately known as the "Obama" choir. The choir members sang at Obama events.
The election is over, but the group continues to sing. Now it's in the midst of fundraising to go to France on tour next summer. One of the reasons for the fund raising is to be able to take along 10 formerly homeless people who have joined the choir and are getting their lives back where they once were.
I had not yet had the opportunity to hear the choir, so when she invited me to a fundraiser on Saturday night I went. The concert was entitled "Broken for Purpose."
It was a different experience for me, but there's nothing like traditional Gospel and praise music to get one moving and motivated.
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