CHUMIR FOUNDATION FOR ETHICS IN

Arts do not shape geopolitical events-but they help shape man, who does shape such events. The foundation reverses the traditional question of how the artist and his/her art reflect the community and explores how art and artist, by design or organic process, affect the individuals, groups, and communities of which they are a part. The universality of artistic expression confirms its significant role. Through instruction and discussion, talented young artists and interested individuals are exposed to aspects of the arts beyond proficiency. An arts component alongside other programming sensitizes participants to shared human interst and facilitates communication across other divides. The foundation organizes research and dialogue to consider the arts in context and in community and is planning a global conference of leading thinker in the field.

Other programs-include organizing and working in partnerhsip with thought-leading institutions and individuals for the purpose of generating ideas, including but not limited to the ethical, economic, political and social aspects of diminished improvement in national economic performance and increased disparity of income, despite deployment of productive new technologies; and, historically high and growing numbers and increasingly protracted duration of forcibly displaced people in need of developmental solutions.