graduate students affiliated with the recorded the music album to raise awareness about the global refugee crisis.
“Our hope as educated international was to inspire connection and hope, and to help relate the experiences of refugees to the general public,” said Layla Kilolu, a graduate student in the in the and president of the East-West Center Participants Association.
Recorded in East-West Center’s residential housing by Grammy-award winning music producer Dave Tucciarone, and co-produced by Kilolu, Finding Home was digitally released on December 18, 2018.
The artists will debut an inaugural performance of their songs and poems at the Transcendients: Immigrant Stories of Place art installation by on Sunday, March 10, 6 p.m. at Thomas Square Park in Honolulu. The event is free and open to the public.
Read more about the meaning behind each song and what inspired each graduate student to compose it at the .