412 "Love+Live+Life" Podcast - Veronica Sabbag - Founder of United Voices 4 Peace

In this episode, I invited Veronica Sabbag. She's a global citizen and the founder of United Voices 4 Peace.

We talked about ...

- Creative Industry & Economic Impact

- Cultural Diplomacy - Creating bridges through individual stories.

- Future of supporting & working with artists

Guest Bio

Veronica Sabbag is a global citizen committed to multicultural and international best practices. She holds a Degree in Law from the University of La Sorbonne, a Masters Degree in European Studies from l’Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and a Certificate on Cultural Diplomacy from the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy ICD). She served for the European Union in different positions for over 20 years, forging her experience in conflict management, defence and security. In this context, she has dealt with some of the most challenging global conflicts. Understanding the need to resolve today’s major challenges beyond traditional diplomatic tools, she decided to found the NGO “United Voices 4 Peace” fostering a Universal Culture of Peace through Music and the Arts.

With this citizen-led cultural peace initiative promoting diverse forms of inter-cultural exchanges, Veronica has facilitated the realisation of collaborative artistic projects advocating for diversity, tolerance, acceptance, inclusion and dialogue. Some of her most successful projects in this context are : the “Global Women In Music 4 Human Rights” empowering women in the music sector, “Together in Solidarity” and “Dance or Die : From Syria to New York” echoing the voice of Syrian dancer and refugee, Ahmad Joudeh, raising awareness on the humanitarian crisis in Syria at local, regional and international level.

Website https://www.uv4peace.org/

Show Notes

02:30 What is a fun fact that most people don’t know about you?

03:30 How do people relate to art and artists in Europe? Is it different from NY?

06:15 *Quote* “Artists said what other people didn’t dare say”.

09:16 Creative Industry and economic impact NY x Europe

11:40 Can you talk more about your organization, United Voices 4 Peace?

15:25 What is Cultural Diplomacy?

17:08 Citizen Cultural Diplomacy - Bridging the gap of diplomatic and citizen’s world.

21:45 Witnessing the shift; Involvement of Artists in Cultural Diplomacy and beyond.

24:45 *Quote: Artists have lots of space, to bring people together, to fight for social justice and prejudice.

28:05 What shifts would you like to see in relation to how people support artists?

31:15 How do people integrate art or start working with artists?

36:00 What led you to make a transition from EU space to starting United Voices 4 Peace?

42:05 What is next for United Voices 4 Peace?

45:00 How can people learn more about your work?

Call to Action

Everyone has a piece to play. Let’s be the best version of ourselves.

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