Black Lives Matter To Me (BLMTM) Activities (for Ages 3 through 18)
To submit your children’s artwork by February 28, email us at: info@raffifoundation.org
Parents and Educators, new opportunity alert!
In recognition of February being Black History Month, we are sharing our “Black Lives Matter to Me” educational activity guide to engage children in conversations around freedom, justice, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
We invite you to share your young artists’ work with us to be showcased each month via our social media channels. A few lucky participants will get a chance to have a video discussion with Raffi via zoom!
Below are some examples of previous artwork submissions from young artists:
“What does Black Lives Matter mean to you?”
An activity guide
by Dr. Rekha S. Rajan
to accompany Raffi’s song,
“BLACK LIVES MATTER TO ME”
The activity guide was created by Dr. Rekha S. Rajan, author and nationally renowned music educator and arts activist, and is intended for parents and educators to use with children across four age groups (3 – 5/6 – 9/10 – 12/13 – 18) to engage in conversation around freedom, justice, and the right to peaceful protest. The guide connects Raffi’s song “Black Lives Matter To Me” with his Child Honouring ethic.
The activities are organized by age groups and are an opportunity for children and young adults to reflect on Raffi’s song and Dr. Martin Luther King’s words and to see their voices as important. Raffi says, “As a long-time MLK admirer, I’m honoured to pay tribute to his legacy in song. May his words ring far and wide and inspire children like he inspired me.” Written in 2020 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Raffi’s song lyrics express a universal longing for freedom and justice.
The activities created by Dr. Rekha S. Rajan connect to Raffi’s Child Honouring Ethic, and specifically to the principles of Respectful love, Diversity and Caring Community, by teaching adolescents that their voices matter, that they have a right and purpose to a peaceful protest, to stand up for what they believe in and to feel empowered.
February 26, 2021 News