Thank you to our March 2nd Event Sponsor: Work. Meaningful. and new book I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World (find out more below)

Wine & Wonder🍷 is an event in Charlotte designed to explore the art of wine, culinary excellence, and meaningful conversations.

The Cause 😍: It also is a fundraising event to help finish constructing the 2-story Middle School in Akryemade, Ghana (we have raised enough so far to complete the first level). We are pre-celebrating Ghana's independence day (6th of March) to positively impact education in a village school outside Kumasi, Ghana (Charlotte's sister city).

What it Includes: This wine-tasting event will feature 3 wines and a dessert wine (3+1) with hour's oeuvres paring by Chef Awo of Eh'vivi.

How does it work: Individuals will be in small groups where we will provide meaningful questions to answer as you "wonder" about others. In a world full of division, let's build community through more meaningful conversations.

What does Un-Networking mean? While it may be semantics, networking can sometimes be seen as transactional and what can I get from you. Our focus is to stir meaningful conversation that leads to transformational working relationships that go beyond the surface of what you do and where you work as we focus more on who you are.

Be prepared to have meaningful conversations (Wonder) that exclude the two questions (1. Where do you work and 2. What do you do). Asking one of those 2 questions will result in an automatic $20 fine donated to the fundraising initiative.

Don't be afraid; you can go as deep or not as deep as you like, but we welcome you to more meaningful conversations!

Attire: Come as you are

Note: We will have water and a non-alcoholic "wine" for those who don't drink or can't drink.

Hosted at the Innovation Barn by Springclean

Already have plans...save the date for June 1, 2024? Same time. Same place.

Brought to you by the AfroCareCLT Collective:

Who is the AfroCareCLT Collective? We are a group of Charlotte Area-based organizations and individuals who have the heart to give forward toward educational initiatives on the continent of Africa. We had our first meeting in the Fall of 2022, hosted our first Cultural Gala in 2023, and continue to come together (with no ego) to make a positive impact! We believe in the African proverb: "If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together!"

For more information on the sponsoring 501c3 and the Ghana School Initiative: WorkMeaningfulFoundation.org

100% of what you donate goes directly to the initiatives, as a partner company covers all administrative fees.

Event Sponsor: Work. Meaningful.'s founder is launching his new book, I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World, on April 16, 2024. Consider pre-ordering today.

Start building bridges instead of barriers! This essential guide offers a simple 5-part framework that will help you have honest and enlightening conversations despite deep and fundamental disagreements.

Divisions are on the rise around the world, and 2024 may well be a peak year. We’re losing the ability to disagree without dehumanizing. There is a deep need for this practical and accessible guide to having challenging conversations in any situation, from the workplace to the classroom to the dinner table.

It’s not about saying the right words at the right time but something vastly deeper. In this book, you’ll discover the 5 pillars of respectfully disagreeing:

Challenge your perspective
Be the student
Cultivate your curiosity
Seek the gray
Agree to respect

With a wide range of examples and exercises throughout, this is a timely and reader-friendly handbook to disagreeing with someone’s ideology while passionately pursuing their humanity.

March 2, 2024 Wine & Wonder - Charlotte's Un-Networking Event

An evening of wine, food, and meaningful conversations...for a worthy cause!