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Causes: Arms Control & Peace, International
Mission: The primary purposes of the organization are to:1. Acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the performing arts that promotes peace;2. Provide humanistic peace and nonviolence education for youth through dialogue and the performing arts;3. Promote the expansion of the capacity of the performing arts to transcend national, cultural, racial, ethnic, religious, and all other barriers that separate people and to serve as a powerful and effective tool for building peace;4. Aims to expand our circles of friendship and collaborative efforts in support of the united nations declaration and program of action toward a culture of peace.
Programs: Various world peace festivals (guam and hilo, hawaii) in which festival participants come together to promote cultural diversity for the creation of a peaceful world. At each festival, participants enjoyed cultural presentations throughout the event, such as performance groups, cultural displays, and arts and crafts, all for the unyielding commitment to peace.
power of art program inspires people to use the transformative power of art for creating the culture of peace and peace-builders.
ichoose is a production that engages young students in antiviolence and anti-bullying dialogues through the ichoose musical program. The ichoose production details the three-pronged program: a showing of the victory over violence exhibition, a mini-musical performance, and a small group antiviolence dialogue between the students and cast members.
various other programs for the promotion of worldwide cultural peace through arts and music.
icap organized the 2016 elementary school art poster contest, "friends for peace," in conjunction with the 4th annual latte peace festival hosted by guam's tamuning-tumon-harmon mayor's office.