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Alika Hope | |
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Born | June 1, 1975 |
Website | Ray of Hope Project |
Alika Hope is the founder and primary vocalist for the Ray of Hope Project. She was born in Oregon and received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Notre Dame. Hope also minored in dance at St. Mary's College. She went on to receive a Master of Arts in early childhood special education from Teachers College at Columbia University. [1]
In 2003, Hope was the soloist singing "Ave Maria" National Shrine of The Divine Mercy on Divine Mercy Sunday. This performance was broadcast internationally on EWTN. [2]
Hope is a member of Actors Equity Association and was in a production of South Pacific in the 2000s. [3] In 2012, she performed on The Island Lil as Junie. [4] She has also portrayed Mrs. Muller in "Doubt" with Berkshire Actors Theatre. [5] Her singing events can be found on BroadwayWorld. [6] She participated in a Human Rights Festival in 2018 [7] and an Arts Festival for Human Rights in New York in 2017. [8]
Hope has been a co-host of CT Perspective TV on FOX-CT since 2013. [9] She stars as Sandra in the comedy A Coupla Pros. [10]
Hope was Ms. New England America for the 2019 Ms. America Pageant. [11]
Hope is the co-founder and president of The Ray of Hope Project, [12] an organization with the goal of using African American spirituals to shed light on the combined anti-slavery efforts of blacks and whites in 19th century New England. [13] The project includes nine musicians and actors who incorporate African American spirituals with live music in their participatory programs. [14]
The Ray of Hope Project musicians and actors use historical records of successful African Americans to teach about slavery in America in the 1900s. [15] Collaborations with schools, libraries and museums throughout the United States has allowed members to create poems and performance material. [16] The project also uses the music and lyrics of 20th century social justice songs as a way of creating conversations around current issues of global social justice issues. [17]
"Hope for a Motherless Child", the project's first album, was released in 2016 [18] and won a "preferred choice" award for Kids CD in the 2016 Creative Child Magazine awards. It was also awarded a Global Music Award in June 2016. [19]
In June, 2016, Hope and the Ray of Hope project participated in Old Sturbridge Village's Juneteenth/Freedom Week. [20] She was interviewed by Connecticut Public Radio about the experience. [21]
In an interview with Lioness magazine, Hope said that the motto of Ray of Hope Project is to "Feel the Music, Change the World" [22]
In 2017, Ray of Hope created a music video "IRL" which focuses on the importance of exhibiting kindness in social media. [23]
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