Up with People (UWP) is an American nonprofit organization that uses a five-month program involving travel, the performing arts, volunteering, and various workshops focused around intercultural communication to teach young adults how to interact in a multi-cultural environment and create change in communities with varying needs.The UWP current headquarters is in Denver, with satellite offices in Belgium and Mexico.
Source, Wikipedia, accessed on 2021-03-03: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_with_People.
The beginnings of UWP have roots in the musical expression "Sing-Out". This was born at a Moral Re-armament (MRA) conference at Mackinac Island in 1965. In 1968 Blanton Belk wanted to move away from association with the basic philosophy behind MRA, and therefore incorporated "Up with People". To view sheet music from Up With People, see the Up With People Song book
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