"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." --Thoreau 

At a conference in 2003, an unknown singer named Holly Near came on stage and shared: "A cellist in Sarajevo went out in the square, when the bombs were dropping, and started playing his cello. Someone from the press said to him, 'Why are you out here playing the cello when the bombs are exploding?' And he said, 'Why are they dropping the bombs when I'm playing the cello?'" Then she sang a song that sent chills down many spines and  immediately evoked a sense of oneness: Planet Called Home

After listening to many musicians during Prayers for Peace event last month, many of us were called to explore music as a tool for building community, uniting us, and seeding a new normal. How might music open our hearts, heal our spirits and transform us in today's turbulent times? How do we help each other sing our song?

Join us for a call on using music to co-create community, anchored by two inspired musicians -- guitarist Kim Capps and rapper Nimo Patel. What does music mean to you?  How can music be an instrument for bringing us together?

Kim Capps describes her music as an effort to "connect rather than divide, include rather than exclude, and build bridges instead of walls."  Kim found her true voice when she dove headfirst into the acoustic blues in the Barbershop jams in West Virginia. Of her new album, "Together, We Rise", she writes, "This isn't about one person's music or one person's experience, but about a connection that we all are invited to share, and a belief that together, we rise."

Nimo's journey has taken him from working on Wall Street to burgeoning fame as an MTV rap star to serving the underprivileged in India. After three worldwide tours with 16 children from slum communities and producing a pioneering "Empty Hands" album that has reached millions, he humbly spreads Gandhi's message of oneness through music.

Join us for a shared space where we'll listen to songs from Kim, Nimo and others, share stories about each of our personal connections to sacred music, and collectively explore how music might cultivate seeds of nurturing a greater good. 

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