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Festival Spotlight: Homes Not Borders empowers refugees – from setting up to moving up
Homes Not Borders helps setup refugee apartments, giving them a new start, and so much more. Learn about this Take Action Partner.
Jun 20, 20233 min read


Festival Spotlight: Come for the Sights and Sounds at the One Journey Festival, Stay for the Food!
A feature of 3 of the food trucks that will be in the 2023 One Journey Festival International Food Lane.
Jun 19, 20233 min read


Festival Spotlight: A Trip Around the Globe at the One Journey Marketplace
Celebrate the diverse cultures represented at the One Journey Festival by browsing our Global Marketplace where refugee artisans,...
Jun 16, 20235 min read


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...
Jun 5, 20232 min read


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...
Jun 5, 20233 min read


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, 20222 min read


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, 20225 min read


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 19, 20222 min read


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 15, 20223 min read


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...
Jun 10, 20222 min read


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 28, 20225 min read


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 25, 20223 min read


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 13, 20223 min read


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 6, 20225 min read
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