EVENT RECAP: DIVA Foundation's 28th Annual "Divas Simply Singing!"

The 28th ANNUAL DIVAS SIMPLY SINGING HONORED  THE CAST OF FX’s GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATED HIT SERIES POSE AND THE CHEFS FROM THE ANGEL FOOD KITCHEN

The 28th DIVAS Simply Singing! Musical AIDS Benefit concert and dinner fundraiser created and hosted by actress and activist Sheryl Lee Ralph. The concert is produced in conjunction with The DIVA Foundation to help raise money and awareness about HIV/AIDS. DIVAS Simply Singing! is the longest consecutive running musical AIDS benefit concert in the country, raising awareness and erasing stigma, one song at a time, to help and assist AIDS organizations in Los Angeles and around the world. This year of song and entertainment spotlighted the talents of D.I.V.A. (acronym for Divinely Inspired, Victoriously Aware) individuals from all walks of show business. This years honorees included: The Golden Globe nominated cast of "POSE" and the Chefs from the Angel Food Kitchen.

Joining Sheryl Lee Ralph on stage was be an all-star lineup to include Golden Globes nominated Our Lady J of POSE, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore and Hailee Sahar all of POSE. Jenifer Lewis (Blackish), J’nai Bridges (The Metropolitan Opera), Media Queen, Ada Vox(American Idol Finalist), Renee Lawless(The Haves and the Have Nots), Elaine Gibbs, (X Factor) ,Terrell Carter (Empire), singing sensation and Broadway leading lady Kitra Williams(“Color Purple” and “Woman Thou Art Loosed”), Miss J, (Americas Next Top Model),Shonda Wilson (Grey's Anatomy), actress Kym E. Whitley, Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire), Glynn Turman, as well as many celebrity guests that attended.

Pictured are Sheryl Lee Ralph, Chaz Dean, Dominique Jackson, Laith Ashley, Our Lady J, Terrell Carter, Ada Vox, Benjamin Patterson, Jenifer Lewis

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About the DIVA Foundation:
The DIVA Foundation is a nonprofit 501c (3) charitable organization founded by Sheryl Lee Ralph in 1990 as a memorial to the many friends she lost to HIV/AIDS while in the original Broadway company of Dreamgirls. The organization focuses on generating resources and coordinating activities to create awareness of and combat against HIV/AIDS. The DIVA Foundation utilizes music and entertainment as a vehicle to inform, educate and erase the stigma still attached to this disease. In 2005, Sheryl Lee Ralph and the DIVA Foundation received the first Red Ribbon Leadership Award at the United Nations on World AIDS Day for the unique use of the arts in fighting HIV/AIDS.