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A Voice for Peace Peace Prize Festival | Universal Quality | By Carriann Mikish JOE Carter has a grin that invites you to greet him. A laugh that makes you want to laugh. He has a deep, resonant, melodic voice that matches his 6 foot 5 inches plus frame. Carter is an internationally known bass baritone and founder of the Center for Intercultural Harmony located in Minneapolis. He has been performing for 23 years and is a member of the nationally recognized Penumbra Theatre Company of St. Paul. He has also toured with the Minnesota Opera Company, most recently in "Madame Butterfly." Peace Prize Festival Carter opened the festivities at the Annual Peace Prize Festival, his voice booming throughout the gymnasium at Augsburg College. Dressed in a traditional African embroidered costume he sang, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" a cappella, for a group of Minnesota children and their parents. He travels around the world at the request of schools and churches using his extraordinary voice to bring together his world and the worlds that he visits. His travels have taken him to places as remote as China or North Dakota, where he says the people there "may never have seen a black man before." Universal Quality Joe Carter knows music has a universal quality about it that draws people together the world 'round. He uses this universal quality to bring a message of peace to the people he meets. His travels have taught him that "There is no race, but there is racism." But says the moment he starts to sing that there is a connection made at a fundamental level with his audience regardless of where he is. Peace Matters home