Parent Organized Campaign by Brooke Avishay
Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit the Suzuki Music Association of California -LA branch/Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles (SMPLA). My daughter Beatrice is a current violin student with the program and, as a parent, I can attest to how wonderful it has been for her! Through the pandemic, playing violin with SMPLA has been her rock.
This year, SMPLA is putting a major emphasis on diversity and inclusion. Funds raised through this fundraiser will be used to provide partial scholarships to elementary aged children in families of color and families in need. Any donation will help make an impact on children in the Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley area. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me and so many others.
Please click the link below to make your year-end-donation to our cause!
This year, SMPLA is putting a major emphasis on diversity and inclusion. Funds raised through this fundraiser will be used to provide partial scholarships to elementary aged children in families of color and families in need. Any donation will help make an impact on children in the Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley area. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me and so many others.
Please click the link below to make your year-end-donation to our cause!
The Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles stands with people of color in our community and throughout this country, and emphatically agrees that Black Lives Matter!
It is clear that we have an enormous task before us to assist in eliminating inequality and injustice, and we hope that SMPLA can play a key role in contributing to substantive social change through transparency and authenticity in our own program, and through supporting other music education communities.
We are committed in the new year to reach out to local schools to inform families of our program, to offer scholarships to families of color who express a need, and to include more music written by black composers. We agree with Rita Pierson, who says: “Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.” This is a principle that Dr. Suzuki emphasized to teachers, that "every child can." Dr. Suzuki also said: “Man is a child of his environment.” Let us create a just environment for today’s children through access to music education.
It is clear that we have an enormous task before us to assist in eliminating inequality and injustice, and we hope that SMPLA can play a key role in contributing to substantive social change through transparency and authenticity in our own program, and through supporting other music education communities.
We are committed in the new year to reach out to local schools to inform families of our program, to offer scholarships to families of color who express a need, and to include more music written by black composers. We agree with Rita Pierson, who says: “Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.” This is a principle that Dr. Suzuki emphasized to teachers, that "every child can." Dr. Suzuki also said: “Man is a child of his environment.” Let us create a just environment for today’s children through access to music education.
