"Peacebuilding Initiatives" with José Barzola.
Episode 2: "Ohana Arts" with Laurie Rubin, and moderated by José Barzola
About Podcast:
Peacebuilding Initiatives are collaborative ways of developing healthy positive relationships via dialogue, cross-cultural understanding, and exploring ways to shift our own perspective to build compassion and empathy within our communities.
About Ohana Arts:
Ohana Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to inspire and engage people through high caliber educational and professional arts programs, and to cultivate an international family (Ohana) in the Pacific by promoting world friendship and peace through the universal language of the arts. Ohana Arts seeks to provide opportunities for students at varying levels of experience, ability and skill levels in a nurturing yet disciplined environment in which they can develop to the fullest artistic, ethical and intellectual standards as individuals and responsible members of a changing global society. Learn more about Ohana Arts at [ Ссылка ].
About Laurie Rubin:
Laurie Rubin who is one of the founders and the co-artistic director of the Ohana Arts. Singer and author Laurie Rubin has concertized internationally at such venues as Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the White House. Recent career highlights include duet concerts with world renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica Von Stade at DePauw University in Indiana and the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, a solo appearance with the LA Chamber Orchestra, and a performance at the International Human Rights Conference in Lucerne Switzerland. She has performed numerous operatic roles, including the witch/voice in Lisa Bielawa’s episodic TV opera, “Vireo,” Elle in Poulenc’s one-woman opera, ‘La Voix Humane,” Penelope in Monteverdi’s “The Return of Ulysses,” and the title role in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola. After the publication of her memoir, “Do You Dream in Color?” in 2012, Laurie embarked on a national concert and book tour, weaving stories from her life with relevant musical selections. She served as lyricist and co-bookwriter for the groundbreaking new musical, “Peace On Your Wings” which has toured Hawaii, Los Angeles, and New York. Laurie also joined with composer Jennifer Taira to form the pop duo, PureLand, writing and performing original music. Laurie is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Yale School of Music.
About José Barzola:
José Barzola has a passion for creating social change through nonviolence, nurturing relationships that transcend cultural barriers, and focusing on issues of diversity, inclusion, and equity. José is a highly organized higher education administrator with over 20 years of experience and success in administration, student development within academic and student affairs. José has also been an affiliate faculty teaching courses on peace and conflict transformation at the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. For over 10 years, José has served the University, partner agencies, nonprofits and communities in Hawai’i and abroad as a professional mediator and facilitator. Most recently, José joined the East-West Center's Education Program as an Adjunct Fellow. José is currently the Conflict and Peace Specialist at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, where he provides conflict services and programming to all students and employees to cultivate a culture of healthy positive relationships.
To learn more about the Conflict and Peace Specialist, visit us at [ Ссылка ].
