Indigo Girls Concert to Benefit the Pace Women’s Justice Center
Pace Women’s Justice Center Raising the Bar Benefit Concert:
Join the Pace Women’s Justice Center for our 2024 Raising the Bar Benefit Concert with legendary rock duo, the Indigo Girls! This full-length concert event will raise money to support free, legal services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse. Supporters of the PWJC community will receive exclusive benefits through sponsorships, including VIP passes, a VIP reception, front orchestra seating, event parking and more! View our website to learn more about the event and sponsorship opportunities: https://www.pwjcraisingthebar.com/
About the Pace Women’s Justice Center:
Pace Women’s Justice Center’s (PWJC) free civil legal services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse are critical in helping victims of abuse navigate the complex legal system, so they can understand their rights and legal options and stop the violence. We provide direct representation in protection order cases, divorce and spousal support matters, as well as in child support, visitation and custody cases. Our services are multi-lingual and centered around the idea that all abuse survivors, in particular those from low-income and marginalized communities, must have easy access to legal services. In addition to legal help, we work with our community partners to address our clients’ ancillary needs such as shelter, housing, counseling, and immigration issues. Through our outreach, training, and education programs we raise awareness and understanding about abuse, and work to engage law enforcement, healthcare and social service professionals, and other community members in finding solutions to end the systemic problem of domestic violence.
Our Mission: To pursue justice for victims and survivors of abuse, through quality free legal services, community partnerships, education and awareness, service coordination, and referrals.
About the Indigo Girls:
Released in 1989, Indigo Girls’ eponymous major label debut sold over two million copies under the power of singles “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears” and turned Indigo Girls into one of the most successful folk duos in history. Over a thirty-five-year career that began in clubs around their native Atlanta, Georgia, the multi-Grammy-winning duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray has recorded sixteen studio albums, sold over 15 million records, and built a dedicated, enduring following across the globe. Rolling Stone describes them as the “ideal duet partners.” Committed and uncompromising activists, they work on issues like immigration reform (El Refugio), LGBTQ advocacy, education (Imagination Library), death penalty reform, and Native American rights. They are co-founders of Honor the Earth, a non-profit dedicated to the survival of sustainable Native communities, Indigenous environmental justice, and green energy solutions. Their latest record, Look Long is a stirring and eclectic collection of songs that finds the duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers reunited in the studio with their strongest backing band to date. “We joke about being old, but what is old when it comes to music? We’re still a bar band at heart,” says Saliers. “While our lyrics and writing approach may change, our passion for music feels the same as it did when we were 25-years-old.” “As time has gone on, our audience has become more expansive and diverse, giving me a sense of joy,” she adds. To hear those collective voices raise into one, singing along and overpowering the band itself, one realizes the importance Indigo Girls’ music has in this moment. In our often-terrifying present, we are all in search of a daily refuge, a stolen hour or two, to engage with something that brings us joy, perspective, or maybe just calm. As one bar band once put it, “We go to the doctor, we go to the mountains…we go to the Bible, we go through the work out.” For millions, they go to the Indigo Girls. On Look Long they’ll find a creative partnership certain of its bearings, forging a way forward.
