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.[3]

Hope is a member of Actors Equity Association and was in a production of South Pacific (musical) in the 2000s[4][5] In 2012, she performed on The Island Lil as Junie.[6] She has also portrayed Mrs. Muller in "Doubt" with Berkshire Actors Theatre.[7] Her singing events can be found on BroadwayWorld[8] who participated in recent events, including a Human Rights Festival in 2018[9][10] and an Arts Festival for Human Rights in NYC in 2017.[11]

Alika Hope has been co-host of CT Perspective TV since 2013. CT Perspective TV airs on FOX-CT.[12] She stars as Sandra in the upcoming comedy "A Coupla Pros".[13][14]

Alika is Ms. New England America for the 2019 Ms. America Pageant.[15]

Hope is the co-founder and president of The Ray of Hope Project.[16] The Ray of Hope Project is 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.[17] The Project includes nine musicians and actors who incorporate African American spirituals with live music in their participatory programs.[18]

The Ray of Hope Project musicians and actors use historical records of successful African Americans to teach about slavery in America in the 1900s.[19] Collaborations with schools, libraries, and museums throughout the United States have allowed the Ray of Hope Project members to create poems and performance material.[20] The Ray of Hope 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.[21] Collaborations with schools, libraries, and museums throughout the United States have allowed the Ray of Hope Project members to create poems and performance material.

"Hope for a Motherless Child", their first album was released in 2016,[22] 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.[23]

In June, 2016, Hope and the Ray of Hope project participated in Old Sturbridge Village's Juneteenth/Freedom Week.[24] Alika was interviewed by Connecticut Public Radio about the experience.[25] During an interview with Lioness Magazine, Hope stated that the motto of Ray of Hope Project is to "Feel the Music, Change the World"[26]

In 2017, Ray of Hope created a music video "IRL" which focuses on the importance of exhibiting kindness in social media.[27][28]