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Unleashing Human Potential:

Music-Based Social and Emotional Learning

Music is one of our greatest resources for managing our emotions, stimulating our creativity, and enhancing our performance. Music is also one of the key ingredients to creating a healthier and happier life. The goal of WHY Music in Schools is to improve the lives of millions of young people and their families by providing them with the knowledge and tools to optimize the benefits of music for their social and emotional well being.

WHAT (is it?)
The design and creation of music-infused programs and resources that provide students, teachers and parents with engaging and accessible ways to manage stress, regulate emotions, improve creativity and performance, adapt to change, and cultivate healthier relationships with the world around them. Programs include:
- Music-Based SEL Pilot Program – EarthTones Founder/Director, Frank Fitzpatrick has developed the first music-based Social and Emotional Learning curriculum for underserved middle school children. WHY Music brought together an amazing team of partners to deliver a highly successful Pilot program for 55 sixth graders at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Incubator School, in the spring of 2016.
WHO (does it serve?)

Through far-reaching online platforms, partnerships, and collaborations, WHY Music will serve thousands of individuals looking for ways to overcome the challenges of stress and optimize their emotional wellbeing. In addition to offering invaluable and transformative life skills to the students in the pilot group, the Music-Based SEL program is designed to provide an invaluable proof-of-concept – to shift public perception around and increase support for music in education. The successful outcome of the pilot will inspire and support much-needed funding for music, arts and integrated social and emotional learning programs in schools across the country, helping millions of young people to live healthier, happier and more productive lives.
HOW (you can help?)
- READ more about our WHY Music programs and the work of our amazing partners at WHYMusicCampaign.com
- WATCH, listen, and share the music, exercises, and video excerpts from our presentations and workshops.
- LEARN about the power of music to inspire, inform and empower millions of teachers, parents and students, and to improve levels of emotional engagement, personal wellbeing and academic performance.
- INVEST in WHY Music and our critical work at EarthTones by donating today or choosing a way to get involved.
- SPREAD THE WORD: Talk to your friends, family members, and school boards about our timely and critical need as a society to prioritize music in education. Encourage them to support WHY Music and their local music programs.

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In Association With:

Singularity University Labs
Yoga Revolution
Art and Services for the Disabled
HealthRHYTHMS
Artbeat for Humanity
Facebook
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Born this Way Foundation
Helpguide.org
Glasgow Caledonian University
IncubatorSchool.org
International Children’s Media Center
Shanti Generation
Hey U.G.L.Y. (Unique Gifted Lovable You)
Find Your Light Foundation

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OTHER WHY MUSIC iN SCHOOLS PARTNER PROGRAMS.

InspirED – In partnership with Facebook, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation and Emotion Revolution campaign, EarthTones helped design the music integration for a national online platform called InspirED. High School students and teachers were invited to co-create the platform, which provided free access and resources for help them overcome stress and build more collaborative, supportive and inspiring learning environments. More at InspirEdStudents.org See video below for Lady Gaga BTS interview on her motivation for the Emotion Revolution and Born This Way Foundation.

We Want Peace In Schools – Recording artist, Peace Activist, WHY Music partner and former child soldier Emmanuel Jal toured high schools across North America, Africa and the UK to share his experiences and personal message for peace and the power of music for helping students deal with stress and overcome trauma. Jal is on a quest to boost empathy and social and emotional learning amongst young people so they can become happier and more active global citizens.