Recipient Information
Location
Atlanta, Georgia
Year of Award
2022
Grant or Fellowship
Leaders of Color Fellowship
Grant Amount
$0
Arthur (Trey) Carlisle
Senior fellow, Music In Common
Arthur (Trey) Carlisle is an artivist (artist + activist) passionate about advancing peace, social justice, and reconciliation between communities in conflict through music, dance, and storytelling. A graduate from Soka University of America, Trey has spent the past 10 years creating films, writing songs, and teaching dance & Black history classes (in the U.S. and in China), aimed to build bridges and foster empathy between people of diverse racial, religious, and cultural identities. Trey is the former Youth Development Director of the L.O.V.E is the Answer Movement, which works to heal and transform the historically violent relationship between Law Enforcement and communities of color. Currently, Trey serves as the Senior Fellow for the nonprofit Music in Common (MIC), which repairs the fractures dividing communities worldwide through facilitated dialogue and collaborative songwriting, and as the Co-Director of MIC's Black Legacy Project, an innovative conflict transformation initiative and musical collaboration that celebrates Black history and builds solidarity to advance racial justice, equity, and equality.