Walk with Amal

We came out in force on Sunday @vamuseum to give @walkwithamal the warm welcome we offer to anyone who joins our celebrations of being together and part of one big global family
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Here’s the @playforprogress band in action as we lead hundreds of welcoming visitors in a well-loved Eritrean nursery song which has been a core part of our musical language since we first performed it at the V&A for @refugeeweekuk five years ago!

#weareoneplanet #weareonepeople

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As well as a reminder of just how powerful creativity, imagination, and the arts are for grabbing our attention, we feel the need to highlight just how powerful they are at bringing together, building, and sustaining communities.

It’s no mistake that we’re called PLAY for progress! Because that’s what we feel we really need to do with music, art, and more simply with one another - is to ensure that we always remember that these are powerful tools and ways forward towards connection and having at our core awareness that we are all part of the same global family.

Here are a few words our co-founder @alyfrazier shared at the V&A when we welcomed Amal and all the visitors...

🎤 Welcome one and all! ❤️
We are Play for Progress. We are a community of musicians, artists, teachers, therapists, and young people who happen to be seeking asylum and refuge. We use music and the arts to make sure that everyone feels seen and heard. And we work hard to spread love, compassion, trust, and playfulness - because we are ALL a part of the same global family. And we really need to look after one another.

So join us! Up in the galleries, or down here in the dome. We’re going to take in this feeling of being together right here right now, we’re going to share and spread some love and calm between us, and we’re going to make some music together.”
❤️🤝🌍🎶🎤🍃