The Canales Project New York Times Feature For The U. S. and China It Starts With Listening By Carla Dirlikov Canales Our Mission Give voice to issues of identity and culture through music and conversation Identity Our projects aim to speak to audiences everywhere in the world helping to discover and celebrate the common bonds that link different cultures together Collaboration TCP forges partnerships with organizations and individual artists in order to activate the arts as a tool for social impact Advocacy TCP enhances messages and concepts relevant to social and cultural change in advocacy of impactbased organizations Programs Our programs are a diverse range collaborative projects that both discover and celebrate cultural identities ranging from performances interviews and education Artists TCP engages a variety of artists for our programming ranging from composers performers visual artists and designers. Partners Our partners range from advocacy organizations educational initiatives and presenting groups including El Sistema USA Malala Fund UN Decade of Women and TEDxMidAtlantic.