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We are just back from our second Unity Youth Performing Arts Academy in Iraq and our fourth project in the country since February 2007. This year we are proud to report that we worked with over 750 young Iraqi musicians, dancers, actors and filmmakers. It was great to see our Unity Academy 2007 Alumni again and welcome over 400 new students into our program. Thanks to all of you who participated and to those who supported our program. We are now making plans for 2009! Please donate to help keep this wonderful outreach program alive.
For more information about the Unity Academies 2007 or 2008, please see our Newsletter or our Projects and Video pages devoted to these very special days spent in Erbil, Suleimaniya and Kirkuk with young artists from throughout the country. You may also view an ABC Nightly News Report on the Unity Academy.
In other news, American Voices went on a groundbreaking Hip Hop dance program in Western China, worked with film festivals in the Philippines and are gearing up for Jazz Bridges programs in Togo and Senegal. Please check our projects pages for news of our most recent activities!
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Finale of Jazz and Dance Gala |
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American Voices’ work is also drawing attention in major print media in the United States. We invite you to read the recent Op-Ed piece by Executive Director John Ferguson published by the Christian Science Monitor.
Since 1992, our mission has been to further the appreciation and understanding of American music and culture, especially in developing countries, countries emerging from conflict or periods of isolation and those lacking opportunities for cultural exchange and dialogue with the United States.
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CoCo York Sings Traditional Song |
To learn more about our many exciting programs around the globe, please subscribe to our Newsletter or browse through our Projects section. You may also want to listen to sound files from our recordings or view short videos of our artists on stage in some of the planet’s most unlikely places.
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Jazz Mugham Baku: |
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We are beginning an special appeal to raise funds for our Unity 2008 program in July. Please make a pledge and join Friends of American Voices to help further our goal of providing quality cultural exchange, training and inspiration to countries as diverse as Iraq, Russia, China, El Salvador and Afghanistan. Please give now!
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Thank you for your visit and we hope you will choose to support us in our efforts to bring dynamic American cultural diplomacy programs to audiences worldwide. John Ferguson |
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