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  • People of many faiths--including these Buddhists drumming-- came to the Japanese city of Hiroshima in August 2015 as part of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the U.S. dropping an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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  • Edson Nirenda, age 6, plays a drum in Chibamu Jere, Malawi.
    malawi-2017-jeffrey-6305.JPG
  • A man plays a drum in a march to commemorate World AIDS Day held in Battambang, Cambodia. Among sponsors of the march was the Salvation Centre Cambodia, an organization that works with Buddhist monks and other activists to foster support for people living with HIV and AIDS as well as public education and advocacy throughout the country.
    cambodia-2009-jeffrey-HIV-064.jpg
  • A man plays a drum in a march to commemorate World AIDS Day held in Battambang, Cambodia. Among sponsors of the march was the Salvation Centre Cambodia, an organization that works with Buddhist monks and other activists to foster support for people living with HIV and AIDS as well as public education and advocacy throughout the country.
    cambodia-2009-jeffrey-HIV-104.jpg
  • Members of the Police Boys Club drum as they march through the Egmore neighborhood of Chennai, a city in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu. The boys attract residents' attention and then present street theater on a variety of themes.
    india-2010-jeffrey-G117.jpg
  • Members of the Police Boys Club drum as they march through the Egmore neighborhood of Chennai, a city in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu. The boys attract residents' attention and then present street theater on a variety of themes.
    india-2010-jeffrey-G116.jpg
  • Members of the Police Boys Club drum as they march through the Egmore neighborhood of Chennai, a city in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu. The boys attract residents' attention and then present street theater on a variety of themes.
    india-2010-jeffrey-G108.jpg
  • Part of a larger group, a girl plays a drum to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-44.jpg
  • Part of a larger group, a girl plays a drum to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-39.jpg
  • Members of the Police Boys Club drum as they march through the Egmore neighborhood of Chennai, a city in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu. The boys attract residents' attention and then present street theater on a variety of themes.
    india-2010-jeffrey-G115.jpg
  • Members of the Police Boys Club drum as they march through the Egmore neighborhood of Chennai, a city in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu. The boys attract residents' attention and then present street theater on a variety of themes.
    india-2010-jeffrey-G113.jpg
  • Members of the Police Boys Club drum as they march through the Egmore neighborhood of Chennai, a city in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu. The boys attract residents' attention and then present street theater on a variety of themes.
    india-2010-jeffrey-G111.jpg
  • Members of the Police Boys Club drum as they march through the Egmore neighborhood of Chennai, a city in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu. The boys attract residents' attention and then present street theater on a variety of themes.
    india-2010-jeffrey-G112.jpg
  • Members of the Police Boys Club drum as they march through the Egmore neighborhood of Chennai, a city in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu. The boys attract residents' attention and then present street theater on a variety of themes.
    india-2010-jeffrey-G110.jpg
  • Members of the Police Boys Club drum as they march through the Egmore neighborhood of Chennai, a city in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu. The boys attract residents' attention and then present street theater on a variety of themes.
    india-2010-jeffrey-G109.jpg
  • Part of a larger group, a girl plays a drum to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-46.jpg
  • Part of a larger group, a girl plays a drum to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-45.jpg
  • Part of a larger group, a girl plays a drum to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-43.jpg
  • A group of people with drums and red clothing celebrated the electoral win of the FMLN in El Salvador
    elsalvador_hawkey_20090316_128.jpg
  • Part of a larger group, a girl plays a drum to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-37.jpg
  • Sydney Roberts plays some homemade drums during a music session at Camp Aldersgate in Little Rock, Arkansas. The camp, supported by United Methodist Women, offers children suffering from a variety of disabilities a safe and fun experience similar to that which normally-abled children often enjoy. Other campers are behind her.
    usa-2010-jeffrey-camp-disabilites-06...jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-31.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-27.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-25.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-19.jpg
  • Sydney Roberts plays some homemade drums during a music session at Camp Aldersgate in Little Rock, Arkansas. The camp, supported by United Methodist Women, offers children suffering from a variety of disabilities a safe and fun experience similar to that which normally-abled children often enjoy.
    usa-2010-jeffrey-camp-disabilites-06...jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-55.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-53.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-52.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-51.jpg
  • Children dance in the street as youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-50.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-40.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-38.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-36.jpg
  • One of several youth playing drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-34.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-33.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-29.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-26.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-20.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-16.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-17.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-58.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-56.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-30.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-32.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-28.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-24.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-18.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-15.jpg
  • Youth play drums to invite residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-21.jpg
  • A man drums during a celebration of International Women's Day sponsored by the Madras Christian Council of Social Service. The event was held at St. George's Anglo-Indian School in Chennai, India.
    india-2010-jeffrey-women-197.jpg
  • Girls make music in the child care center of the Wesley House Community Center in Meridian, Mississippi. Wesley House provides a variety of educational and other services to the community.
    usa-2011-jeffrey-mississippi-communi...jpg
  • Drummers from a church music group play inside a United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. More than 20,000 civilians have lived inside the base since shortly after the country's civil war broke out in December, 2013, but renewed fighting in 2015 drove another 5,000 people into the safety of the camp.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-malakal-030.jpg
  • A young boy in the Vigário Geral favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There are bullet holes in the wall behind him.
    brazil_hawkey_20091201_267.jpg
  • Afro-Reggae drummers in the favela of Vigário Geral, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    brazil_hawkey_20091201_264.jpg
  • A member of the Chikara Taiko Drummers from Centenary United Methodist Church in Los Angeles performs with other drummers on April 28 at the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.
    usa-2008-jeffrey-umc-general-confere...jpg
  • On March 1st 2017 a march of indigenous people was held to commemmorate the assassination of indigenous Lenca leader Berta Cáceres. Lencas, Tolupans, Maya Chortís, Pech, Miskitos and Garifunas marched to the Supreme Court of Justice in Tegucigalpa.<br />
<br />
Here Garifuna people sing and dance during the march.
    Honduras_Hawkey_Jesus_20170301_070.jpg
  • On March 1st 2017 a march of indigenous people was held to commemmorate the assassination of indigenous Lenca leader Berta Cáceres. Lencas, Tolupans, Maya Chortís, Pech, Miskitos and Garifunas marched to the Supreme Court of Justice in Tegucigalpa.<br />
<br />
Here Garifuna people sing and dance during the march.
    Honduras_Hawkey_Jesus_20170301_070.jpg
  • On March 1st 2017 a march of indigenous people was held to commemmorate the assassination of indigenous Lenca leader Berta Cáceres. Lencas, Tolupans, Maya Chortís, Pech, Miskitos and Garifunas marched to the Supreme Court of Justice in Tegucigalpa.<br />
<br />
Here Garifuna people sing and dance during the march.
    Honduras_Hawkey_BertaCaceres_2017030...jpg
  • On March 1st 2017 a march of indigenous people was held to commemmorate the assassination of indigenous Lenca leader Berta Cáceres. Lencas, Tolupans, Maya Chortís, Pech, Miskitos and Garifunas marched to the Supreme Court of Justice in Tegucigalpa.<br />
<br />
Here Garifuna people sing and dance during the march.
    Honduras_Hawkey_BertaCaceres_2017030...jpg
  • Members of Batala, an all-woman percussion band in Washington, DC, perform during a rally on the Capital Mall in Washington on July 22, 2012, to demand that the U.S. and other governments keep their promises to fund global relief programs for those living with HIV and AIDS. The march took place as more than 23,000 delegates gathered in the US capital city for the XIX International AIDS Conference.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-aids-conference-82.jpg
  • Members of Batala, an all-woman percussion band in Washington, DC, perform during a rally on the Capital Mall in Washington on July 22, 2012, to demand that the U.S. and other governments keep their promises to fund global relief programs for those living with HIV and AIDS. The march took place as more than 23,000 delegates gathered in the US capital city for the XIX International AIDS Conference.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-aids-conference-81.jpg
  • Accompanied by drummers, a young woman dances in the streets of Sathangudi, a rural Indian village, to invite residents to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF)--based in Madurai, Tamil Nadu--which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-49.jpg
  • Accompanied by drummers, a young woman dances in the streets of Sathangudi, a rural Indian village, to invite residents to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF)--based in Madurai, Tamil Nadu--which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-47.jpg
  • Accompanied by drummers, a young woman dances in the streets of Sathangudi, a rural Indian village to invite residents to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF)--based in Madurai, Tamil Nadu--which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-42.jpg
  • Accompanied by drummers, a young woman dances in the streets of Sathangudi, a rural Indian village to invite residents to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF)--based in Madurai, Tamil Nadu--which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-41.jpg
  • Educators speak to residents of Sathangudi, a rural village outside of Madurai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, about HIV and AIDS, and invite them to a street theater presentation in the center of the town. The educators are sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-23.jpg
  • Refugees from Zimbabwe and other African countries gather for evening worship the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg, South Africa. The church is home to more than 3,000 refugees suffering from economic desperation and sporadic xenophobic attacks.
    south-africa-2009-jeffrey-refugees-c...jpg
  • Samba band Olodum play and dance in the street in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
    brazil_hawkey_20091119_118.jpg
  • Members of Batala, an all-woman percussion band in Washington, DC, perform during a rally on the Capital Mall in Washington on July 22, 2012, to demand that the U.S. and other governments keep their promises to fund global relief programs for those living with HIV and AIDS. The march took place as more than 23,000 delegates gathered in the US capital city for the XIX International AIDS Conference.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-aids-conference-80.jpg
  • Accompanied by drummers, a young woman dances in the streets of Sathangudi, a rural Indian village, to invite residents to a play about HIV and AIDS. The group is sponsored by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF)--based in Madurai, Tamil Nadu--which conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-48.jpg
  • Members of Batala, an all-woman percussion band in Washington, DC, perform during a rally on the Capital Mall in Washington on July 22, 2012, to demand that the U.S. and other governments keep their promises to fund global relief programs for those living with HIV and AIDS. The march took place as more than 23,000 delegates gathered in the US capital city for the XIX International AIDS Conference.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-aids-conference-79.jpg
  • 6 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: A woman drummer laughs while drumming, as tens of thousands of people - including environmental groups, children, youth, charities, climate activists, trade unionists and indigenous people - gather to march through Glasgow city centre on Saturday, calling for climate justice and for world leaders to address the climate emergency. Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency.
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  • A man plays a drum during choir practice at a Catholic Church in Yambio, South Sudan. He's wearing a sweatshirt celebrating the Super Bowl win of the Seattle Seahawks, a U.S. football team.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-A829.JPG
  • United Methodist Women from around the world, including Rosanna Panizo, here playing a drum, participate in an April 28 rally against private prisons held at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Florida. The rally was sponsored by United Methodist Women and the United Methodist Task Force on Immigration.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-umc-general-confere...jpg
  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl plays the drum during music class at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 16 September 2018, Sirsiya Tole, Jahada rural municipality, Nepal: A man leads the way, beating the drum, in Sirsiya Tole, Jahada rural municipality, Nepal. Sirsiya Tole is a community inhabited by Santal and Dalit (Musahar) people, who find themselves as the very margin of society in Nepal. Through support from the Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church, the community has been able to recover and develop flood resilience, and to mobilize to make their voices heard in the local government, as Nepal is transitioning into a federal government system.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180916_AH2_889...jpg
  • Bajram Kruezi (right) plays a drum as other students dance to traditional Roma music in the Branko Pesic School, an educational center for Roma children and families in Belgrade, Serbia, which is supported by Church World Service. Kruezi's family came to Belgrade as refugees from Kosovo, and like many Roma can't afford regular school fees. Many Roma also lack legal status in Serbia, and thus have difficulty obtaining formal employment and accessing government services.
    serbia-2012-jeffrey-roma-088.jpg
  • Bajram Kruezi plays a drum as other students dance to traditional Roma music in the Branko Pesic School, an educational center for Roma children and families in Belgrade, Serbia, which is supported by Church World Service. Kruezi's family came to Belgrade as refugees from Kosovo, and like many Roma can't afford regular school fees. Many Roma also lack legal status in Serbia, and thus have difficulty obtaining formal employment and accessing government services.
    serbia-2012-jeffrey-roma-085.jpg
  • Women Buddhist monks chant and drum on August 6, 2015, in a procession to honor the victims of the 1945 atomic bomb blast that devastated the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The monks were part of the 70th anniversary commemoration.
    japan_2015_jeffrey_hiroshima_M25.JPG
  • A liturgical dancer bangs a drum as she and others perform in the May 18, 2018, opening worship of the United Methodist Women Assembly 2018 in Columbus, Ohio.
    usa-2018-jeffrey-umw-assembly-102.jpg
  • Sally Morris plays a drum during an April 27, 2014, worship service at the United Methodist Women's Assembly in the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Morris is director of music at Parkway Presbyterian Church and chapel musician at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
    usa-2014-jeffrey-umw-assembly-311.jpg
  • A girl plays a drum as a guitarist leads students in singing during a class in the Instituto de Buena Voluntad (the Good Will Institute) in Montevideo, Uruguay. Sponsored by the Methodist Church of Uruguay, the institute works with youth and adults with disabilities. It receives financial support from United Methodist Women.
    uruguay-2014-jeffrey-disabilities-56.jpg
  • Bajram Kruezi (right) plays a drum as other students dance to traditional Roma music in the Branko Pesic School, an educational center for Roma children and families in Belgrade, Serbia, which is supported by Church World Service. Kruezi's family came to Belgrade as refugees from Kosovo, and like many Roma can't afford regular school fees. Many Roma also lack legal status in Serbia, and thus have difficulty obtaining formal employment and accessing government services.
    serbia-2012-jeffrey-roma-086.jpg
  • Bajram Kruezi (center) plays a drum as other students dance to traditional Roma music in the Branko Pesic School, an educational center for Roma children and families in Belgrade, Serbia, which is supported by Church World Service. Kruezi's family came to Belgrade as refugees from Kosovo, and like many Roma can't afford regular school fees. Many Roma also lack legal status in Serbia, and thus have difficulty obtaining formal employment and accessing government services.
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  • Bajram Kruezi (center) plays a drum as other students dance to traditional Roma music in the Branko Pesic School, an educational center for Roma children and families in Belgrade, Serbia, which is supported by Church World Service. Kruezi's family came to Belgrade as refugees from Kosovo, and like many Roma can't afford regular school fees. Many Roma also lack legal status in Serbia, and thus have difficulty obtaining formal employment and accessing government services.
    serbia-2012-jeffrey-roma-080.jpg
  • Bajram Kruezi (center) plays a drum as other students dance to traditional Roma music in the Branko Pesic School, an educational center for Roma children and families in Belgrade, Serbia, which is supported by Church World Service. Kruezi's family came to Belgrade as refugees from Kosovo, and like many Roma can't afford regular school fees. Many Roma also lack legal status in Serbia, and thus have difficulty obtaining formal employment and accessing government services.
    serbia-2012-jeffrey-roma-081.jpg
  • Women Buddhist monks chant and drum on August 6, 2015, in a procession to honor the victims of the 1945 atomic bomb blast that devastated the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The monks were part of the 70th anniversary commemoration.
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  • A woman drums as others dance during the May 18, 2018, opening worship of the United Methodist Women Assembly 2018 in Columbus, Ohio.
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  • Girls play drums as a guitarist leads students in singing during a class in the Instituto de Buena Voluntad (the Good Will Institute) in Montevideo, Uruguay. Sponsored by the Methodist Church of Uruguay, the institute works with youth and adults with disabilities. It receives financial support from United Methodist Women.
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  • Men play drums during a worship gathering of the Presbyterian Church in Akobo, South Sudan.
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  • Men play drums during a worship gathering of the Presbyterian Church in Akobo, South Sudan.
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  • Men play drums during a worship gathering of the Presbyterian Church in Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Men play drums during a worship gathering of the Presbyterian Church in Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • The Assembly Band leads singing during an April 27, 2014, worship service at the United Methodist Women's Assembly in the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky.  Playing the drums is Rebecca Garrett, the director of music ministries at First United Methodist Church in Gainesville, Texas.
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  • Girls play drums as a guitarist leads students in singing during a class in the Instituto de Buena Voluntad (the Good Will Institute) in Montevideo, Uruguay. Sponsored by the Methodist Church of Uruguay, the institute works with youth and adults with disabilities. It receives financial support from United Methodist Women.
    uruguay-2014-jeffrey-disabilities-59.jpg
  • Girls sing and play drums during Catholic Mass in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • Girls sing and play drums during Catholic Mass in Lugi, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-lugi-280.jpg
  • The Assembly Band leads singing during an April 27, 2014, worship service at the United Methodist Women's Assembly in the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Playing the drums is Rebecca Garrett, the director of music ministries at First United Methodist Church in Gainesville, Texas.
    usa-2014-jeffrey-umw-assembly-304.jpg
  • Girls sing and play drums during Catholic Mass in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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