SING FOR HOPE INC

From the bronx to beirut, the sing for hope pianos program is a global arts initiative that creates artit-designed pianos; places them in public spaces for anyone and everyone to enjoy; then transports and activates them year-round in permanent homes in schools, hospitals, transit hubs, refugee camps, and community-based organizations. The organization has provided more pianos for under-resourced public schools than any other organization in the world.

Sing for hope's cultural diplomacy program provides creative advocacy, leadership, and program design that drive the integration of the arts in policy, peace-building, and global convenings on social change. In addition to curating the first-ever arts panel at the skoll world forum for social entrepreneurship at oxford university in 2013, the organization has presented cultural diplomacy programming for organizations including aspen ideas festival, harvard university, the fletcher school at tufts university, the kennedy center, and the united nations, where the organization has partnered with unicef and the high-level political forum since 2020. The organization is the official cultural partner of the world summit of nobel peace laureates. Sing for hope's creative workforce development program is its signature "power source" that courses through all of its programming, developing and directing cultural workers to build happier, healthier communities locally and globally. The program trains and supports artists as creative placemakers in their communities, delivering increased connection, wellbeing, safety, and economic development. The organization's creative workforce development reframes the value proposition of the arts for the post-pandemic era with innovative public-private partnerships that extend our creative industry beyond traditional theatrical and museum models. Working with individuals and groups, the organization's creative workforce development program benefits multiple stakeholders and provides system-wide impact.