Artists For World Peace

Since 2003, Artists For World Peace has organized numerous events and performances to raise money for their ongoing efforts with the International Peace Belt and humanitarian efforts in Tanzania, Brazil, Haiti and locally in Connecticut. Wendy Black Nasta serves as the executive director, she is also the founder of AFWP.

AFWP's governing board is composed of Wendy Black Nasta as the President, Jennifer Lia as Treasurer, Jane Bance Homick as Secretary and an advisory Council of Elders.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

Artists For World Peace has created a curated a number of performances.

AFWP on Broadway is an annual event held in New York, New York. Broadway performers from various shows come together for one night every year to raise money for the humanitarian projects that Artists For World Peace produces.

In 2011, the first AFWP on Broadway was held on November 6, at the Helen Mills Theater in New York City.{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/connecticut/article/AFWP-Hosts-THE-SECOND-INTERNATIONAL-FESTIVAL-OF-PEACE-116-20111011|title=AFWP Hosts THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PEACE 11/6|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=2016-04-25|archive-date=2016-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530192405/http://www.broadwayworld.com/connecticut/article/AFWP-Hosts-THE-SECOND-INTERNATIONAL-FESTIVAL-OF-PEACE-116-20111011|url-status=live}}

In 2012, AFWP on Broadway 2 was accompanied with a silent auction, and a display of four works painted by the Fashion Institute of Technology's delegation to Art Basel Miami make up the backdrop of the stage.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} The participating artists worked in paris: Melissa Starke & Garrett Klein, Eric Gottshall & Lydia Maria Pfeffer, Kenneth Park & Slavko Djuric, and Valentina Burzanovic & Jennifer L. Torres. The Broadway performers for the evening were; Deanna Aguinaga, Stephen Carrasco, Andrew Chappelle, Adrienne Jean Fisher, Andrea Goss, Monica Kapoor, Raymond J. Lee, Carrie Manolakos, Marissa McGowan, Paul HeeSang Miller, Ryann Redmon, Sharone Sayegh, L. Steven Taylor, Traci Victoria, Blake Whyte, Alex Wyse, and Leah Zepel.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/10-2012/marissa-mcgowan-ryann-redmond-alex-wyse-set-for-ar_63242.html|title=Marissa McGowan, Ryann Redmond, Alex Wyse Set for Artists For World Peace Benefit|website=TheaterMania.com|author=Lipton, Brian Scott|date=October 10, 2012|access-date=April 25, 2016|archive-date=May 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530115221/http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/10-2012/marissa-mcgowan-ryann-redmond-alex-wyse-set-for-ar_63242.html|url-status=live}}

The 2013 AFWP on Broadway 3 was held on October 13, at New York City's 54 Below. Among the performing artists was singer/actress Allison Strong.{{Cite web|author=Gioia, Michael|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/artists-for-world-peace-benefit-with-clarke-thorell-larkin-bogan-allison-strong-liana-hunt-and-more-held-oct-13-com-210491|title=Artists for World Peace Benefit, With Clarke Thorell, Larkin Bogan, Allison Strong, Liana Hunt and More, Held Oct. 13 {{!}} Playbill|website=Playbill|access-date=April 25, 2016|archive-date=May 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513143244/http://www.playbill.com/article/artists-for-world-peace-benefit-with-clarke-thorell-larkin-bogan-allison-strong-liana-hunt-and-more-held-oct-13-com-210491|url-status=live}}

The 2014 AFWP on Broadway 4 was held on October 5 at New York City's Joe's Pub at the public theater.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

The 2015 AFWP on Broadway 5 was held on October 11, at New York City's Joe's Pub at the acclaimed public theater.{{Cite web|author=Johnson, Nicole|url=http://broadwayblack.com/broadway-performers-give-back-artists-world-peace/|title=Broadway Performers Give Back to Artists for World Peace|website=Broadway Black|language=en-US|date=October 8, 2015|access-date=April 25, 2016|archive-date=May 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507172122/http://broadwayblack.com/broadway-performers-give-back-artists-world-peace/|url-status=live}}

Children of Peace is a program established by AFWP to pay for the living and educational expenses of children all over the world. This initiative supports kids in China, Haiti, India, and Tanzania. Under the Children of Peace umbrella, they have also helped Haitian students travel to Brazil, where they are pursuing higher education unavailable in their home country. The children in the program from Kibosho, Tanzania attend the Mlama Secondary School in Kibosho Umbwe. The other children attend the Moshi Academy in Moshi.{{cite web|url=http://tanzania4two.com/tag/kibosho/|title=Kibosho|publisher=Tanzania4Two|accessdate=27 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221085758/http://tanzania4two.com/tag/kibosho/|archive-date=21 February 2015|url-status=dead}}

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Peace Pig Club is a partnership with the Good Hope Trust in Kibosho Umbwe, Tanzania. The objective of the project is to provide animal protein to the center community, and to raise income to support the cost of running the center. The project is located at the orphanage centre at Kibosho Umbew, Onana Village, Moshi District, Kilimanjaro region. It is a way for the community to become self-sufficient.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

In 2012 AFWP also raised the funds to support the Community Health Center in Kibosho Umbwe.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

In the past AFWP created the Santa Clara Scholarship Endowment Fund, created a safe house for women and children in Cambodia, delivered 500 pairs of shoes up the Amazon waterway to the indigenous Shuar children in Ecuador, and assisted in the building of the Amazon Refuge School.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

AFWP delivers art scholarships to students attending Middlesex Community College in Middletown, Connecticut.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

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