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About Us:                                                                                                                  

Hearts Open Toronto* is a not-for-profit organization that uses the arts as a vehicle to build communities.

Our mission:

  • To learn about different cultures and social interaction in urban settings; to embrace our differences
  • To promote awareness of the above issues through organizing events and creating documentaries
  • To raise funds for supporting arts and music programs for the needy in Toronto and other cities

"Forget about tolerance.

What about embracing?"

"Saving America's Soul Kitchen"
- essay by Wynton Marsalis
Time, September 19, 2005

* a division of Hearts Open Programs of Toronto