Turning Tables
MusiciansNew York, United States11-50 Employees
Turning Tables is a nonprofit organization that uses music and film production to support youth development, establishing music laboratories and production facilities for young people. It frames music as a universal form of self-expression and cross-cultural communication, and it aims to include participants regardless of gender or socio-economic status. Through these labs and environments, the organization helps vulnerable youth channel energy into creative practice and learn new skills that can broaden their futures. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Turning Tables has implemented programs in conflict-affected settings across several regions, including refugee and internally displaced youth in the Middle East and North Africa, and initiatives in Tunisia, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Haiti. The organization works with UN agencies and international NGOs and collaborates with cultural partners to provide labs, concerts, and festival-related support that connect marginalized youth to broader artistic communities.