Bringing SOTH TV to Ghana Sylvia Morrison, an educator, author and humanitarian, made her first trip from Canada to Uganda in 2006. By 2009, she had traveled to Togo, Benin and Ghana and founded the nonprofit organization, Links Across Borders (LAB), which facilitates educational programs for children in Ghana, West Africa. Links Across Borders has […]
“Secrets of the Heart” in the Tewa Language Ohkay Owingeh: The place of the strong people. “At Ohkay Owingeh Head Start & Pre-K they believe the chief priority is student learning and all students can learn to their fullest potential. By creating a caring, nurturing, and optimum learning environment, students are developing culturally, socially, emotionally, […]
By Bunny Hull When Proposition 28 – Arts and Music in Schools – was announced and then passed in 2022, arts education non-profits all over California took a collective sigh of relief and let out a big wahoo! It would mean funding for the arts and the work we love. In 2024, we finally found […]
Thelma Houston– DAWE Advisory Board Member, Arts Advocate! Did you watch the just-ended season of The Masked Singer? Our very own Thelma Houston was revealed as “Clock” and was one of the finalists whose identity was discovered by the judges. We’re so inspired by Thelma and her career achievements. She was supported in her youth […]
Understand Your CA Prop 28 Arts Funding Options In November 2022, CA voters passed Proposition 28 to ensure long term funding for Arts and Music in Schools (AMS). Prop 28 requires that 80% of the funds allocated to a district with 500 or more students “are used to employ certificated or classified employees to provide […]
From L.A. to Africa, from the 50s to the future. Honoring Leslie Levit Friedman, Heart-to-Heart Hero Award and celebrating Dream A World Education’s Classroom Volunteers. Register Now
Guests arrived at an array of vintage automobiles and walked the red carpet to Cuban music and mojitos. Cecilia Noel and the Wild Clams provided an evening of Salsa Music, with private Latin Dance lessons by at Catalina Bar and Grill. Fun, food, and culture Latin Style in honor of the beautiful families and children […]
Los Angeles – A world-class team filmed the interactive opening performance of our kindergarten program, Secrets of the Heart. The film was directed by Terrisha “TK” Kearse of the hit show Blackish and filmed by Emmy®-award-winning cinematographer John Simmons. Screening the film will help expand our work outside of Los Angeles and reduce costs in […]
Anthony is in second grade. Here he is with his Principal, Brad Rumble. Anthony heard his instrument played live for the first time at Esperanza Elementary when he participated in our Secrets of the Heart residency for kindergarten. One of those instruments was the fiddle. Since then, he has participated in three years of our […]
71st Los Angeles Area Emmy Nominated, Independent Programming Los AngelesFinalist – 2018 AmDocs Film Festival (Los Angeles) Winner – 2018 Global Impact Film Festival (Washington D.C) The Ripple Effect is a documentary short that examines the struggle to keep arts alive for inner city children and reveals the power of arts education to educate the heart and impact schools […]
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