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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

15 Things You Can Do to Help Refugees During COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic is being keenly felt in the refugee community – in life-threatening illness, financial hardship, and for recently...

Making Masks, Saving Lives

Like so many other families, Shabila Osmari’s is staying safe at home through the COVID crisis though is struggling to make ends meet....

Ways to Support Refugees and Immigrants through the COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 has left the world in a state of unprecedented crisis. Just within a blink of an eye, our world is facing the imminent forces of...