_{The Foundation for World Arts (FWA) founded in 1999 is a Los Angeles based not-for-profit organization committed to peace, cultural understanding, and universal responsibility.  Our programs in the performing arts are diverse and inclusive and we aspire to creating long-lasting relationships between individuals, artists, and organizations both here and abroad. We believe that cultural exchange through the arts promote tolerance, understanding, and is a viable strategy that builds community across racial, cultural, and geographic boundaries. Since its creation, FWA has brought together tens of thousands of people of diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, including artists of all types, community and religious leaders, educators, and students. FWA accomplished its goal through the World Festival of Sacred Music (1999-2011). In 2011 the FWA curated and produced WATER IS RISING a multi city USA tour for 36 performers from pacific island nations.  Their coral atolls are at risk due to climate change.  In 2014 the FWA launched a partnership initiative with the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center- the ARATANI World Series.  From 2015-2017 the FWA produced eighteen concerts presenting music and dance from Angola, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Ghana, Hawaii, India, Iran, Japan, Indonesia, Madagaskar, Mexico, Philippines, as well as our own urban sounds like Cumbia, Hip Hop, etc.   FWA supports artists who have limited access chance to perform on a formal concert stage, we present performing arts that are new and unfamiliar to our mainstream audiences, we present works with an education objective in mind while dignifying artists with excellent production values. We are privileged to advocate for an inclusive platform that is not driven by the demands of the commercial/entertainment popular marketplace.}