Liderazgo comunitario
Violin Included: Reflections on Leadership, Giving, and Growing Up in This Field
Elizabeth Moulthrop, Executive Director, El Sistema USA
Last week, I found myself in Union City, New Jersey, USA, sitting in a sea of students, violin in hand, playing “Swan Lake” alongside kids, teachers, and my longtime colleague Melina Garcia. I hadn’t come to visit Melina and her program, the United Children’s Music Project simply for the joy of playing with young people; I was there to deliver a donation. I had just closed a similar program in Pisco, Peru—Notes for Change, Inc.—that I founded 15 years ago, and my donation for UCMP consisted of the final funds from that program. I had expected this to be a bittersweet moment; instead, it felt like a full-circle one. But more about that later.
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EDITORIAL
Las artes juveniles abrazan la creatividad y la conversación
Corey Depina, Director de Programas, Zumix
Los jóvenes tienen un acceso sin precedentes a los medios de comunicación, lo que a menudo les lleva a confiar en las opiniones populares en lugar de cultivar su propia voz. Lo compruebo en el aula cuando pregunto a los alumnos lo que piensan: a menudo dudan, buscando a su alrededor validación en lugar de confiar en sus instintos. Esta reticencia es descorazonadora. Pone de relieve una necesidad acuciante en la educación artística de los jóvenes: debemos fomentar espacios para la reflexión y el diálogo sincero.
