Festival Spotlight: César Orozco Combines Love of Jazz with Cuban, Venezuelan Roots
César Orozco has developed a unique style of music that combines his lifelong love of Jazz with the musical influences he experienced...
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- 3 days ago
- 3 min
Festival Spotlight: A Candid Conversation with Video Game Mogul and CEO, Lual Mayen
On the rooftop of a local neighborhood spot, Lual Mayen greets a server, fellow diner, and bartender, all before making his way to his...
- May 19
- 3 min
Festival Spotlight: Sokeo Ros Creates a “Movement Language” by Melding Dance Techniques
For Sokeo Ros, whose family fled the Cambodian genocide more than thirty years ago and arrived in the U.S. in the 1980s, dance is not...
- Apr 20
- 3 min
The Jungle – theater that ‘takes action’ for refugees
The award-winning play The Jungle just completed its three-week Washington, DC premiere at the Shakespeare Theater Company. One Journey...
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Spotlight: Egette Indelele's work to de-stigmatize mental health care for refugees
Egette Indelele applies her own experience to inform the mission and goals when she founded Safe Haven Space, a community wellness...
- Nov 6, 2022
- 3 min
Jorge Glem the Venezuelan Master of the Cuatro
Combining Music and His Latin Roots to Promote Multicultural Understanding Since taking up the cuatro at age five, Jorge Glem has...
- Aug 2, 2022
- 4 min
Profile: Nyamuon “Moon” Nguany Machar
Her refugee experience helped Moon find poetry, healing, and a passion for helping others. “You’re probably wondering how a person as...
- Jun 19, 2022
- 2 min
Festival Spotlight: Cheick Hamala Diabate continues the Malian giot tradition of storytelling
Cheick Hamala Diabate is a professional artist, musician, storyteller and a native of Mali, a country in West Africa. Hamala has spent...
- Jun 19, 2022
- 5 min
Festival Spotlight: Omer Khan Finds the Beauty of Afghanistan Through His Lens
Omer Khan was born in Kabul, and from a young age has been in love with the beauty of Afghanistan. He hoped with each snap of his camera...
- Jun 19, 2022
- 2 min
Festival Spotlight: Learning From Her Parents’ Pain, Leslie Merriman Created a Culture of Love
Imagine leaving your home to migrate to America in hopes of providing a better future for your family, but being met with resistance...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 3 min
Festival Spotlight: Vahid teaches yoga to help us unite
Vahid’s conviction is that yoga is to be used as a tool to bring us all together – to unite us. He believes that yoga can be used to...
- Jun 10, 2022
- 2 min
Festival Spotlight: Gerdan Music Stands with Ukraine
As Ukrainian-born musician Dr. Solomia Gorokhivska and her husband, Grammy Award winner Dr. Andrei Pidkivka, saw the devastation...
- May 28, 2022
- 5 min
Festival Spotlight: Kabul Dreams Turns Garage Rock into the Sound of Freedom
“My sound, your sound; the sound of Afghanistan. We head toward destiny. We head toward peace.” Sadae Man (translation from Dari) Kabul...
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
Festival Spotlight: Abraham Mwinda’s Opportunity of a Lifetime
Abraham Mwinda is no rookie when it comes to the One Journey Festival. This is his third year participating. Previously, Abraham has...
- May 13, 2022
- 3 min
Festival Spotlight: Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus Helps Restart Young Lives Through Music
Imagine showing up in a country you are unfamiliar with, where you do not speak the language, just before a global pandemic. That was the...
- May 6, 2022
- 5 min
Festival Spotlight: Hussein Smko’s Journey from Hip-Hop Street Dancer to Project TAG
Dancing past the odds Hussein Smko had a calling. He was a hip-hop street dancer from Erbil, the capital of the war-torn Kurdish region...
- May 5, 2022
- 3 min
The Healing Power of Self-Expression: Photography by Female Refugee Artists
Too often, refugees are defined by their flights from violence and persecution. Being seen only as victims makes it difficult to...
- Jun 22, 2021
- 3 min
One Journey Soccer Fest Builds Understanding and Connection for Area Refugee Communities
Last Sunday, a few hundred adults, youth, and volunteers braved 95-degree heat to take part in the One Journey Soccer Fest on the Fields...
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