Alika Hope

In 2003, Hope was the soloist singing "Ave Maria" National Shrine of The Divine Mercy on Divine Mercy Sunday. This performance was broadcast internationally on EWTN.^[2]

Hope is a member of Actors Equity Association and was in a production of South Pacific in the 2000s.^[3] In 2012, she performed on The Island Lil as Junie.^[4] She has also portrayed Mrs. Muller in "Doubt" with Berkshire Actors Theatre.^[5] Her singing events can be found on BroadwayWorld.^[6] She participated in a Human Rights Festival in 2018^[7] and an Arts Festival for Human Rights in New York in 2017.^[8]

Hope has been host of New England Perspective TV on FOX-61 and Boston's Channel 7 since 2013.^[9] She stars as Sandra in the comedy A Coupla Pros.^[10]

Hope was Ms. New England America for the 2019 Ms. America Pageant.^[11]

Hope is the co-founder and president of The Ray of Hope Project,^[12] an organization with the goal of using African American spirituals to shed light on the combined anti-slavery efforts of blacks and whites in 19th century New England.^[13] The project includes nine musicians and actors who incorporate African American spirituals with live music in their participatory programs.^[14]

The Ray of Hope Project musicians and actors use historical records of successful African Americans to teach about slavery in America in the 1900s.^[15] Collaborations with schools, libraries and museums throughout the United States has allowed members to create poems and performance material.^[16] The project also uses the music and lyrics of 20th century social justice songs as a way of creating conversations around current issues of global social justice issues.^[17]

"Hope for a Motherless Child", the project's first album, was released in 2016^[18] and won a "preferred choice" award for Kids CD in the 2016 Creative Child Magazine awards. It was also awarded a Global Music Award in June 2016.^[19]

In June, 2016, Hope and the Ray of Hope project participated in Old Sturbridge Village's Juneteenth/Freedom Week.^[20] She was interviewed by Connecticut Public Radio about the experience.^[21]

In an interview with Lioness magazine, Hope said that the motto of Ray of Hope Project is to "Feel the Music, Change the World"^[22]

In 2017, Ray of Hope created a music video "IRL" which focuses on the importance of exhibiting kindness in social media.^[23]