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The Spring 2021 “Climates of Resistance: Raise Your Voice” Project
Raise Your Voice Labs applies methods of musical peacebuilding, facilitated dialogue, and circle singing to help groups find their common ground, share concerns, and voice their collective identity through musical co-creation. Echoing a major tenet in environmental justice, the process is as important as the product: being heard and actively engaging in decision-making is crucial to community empowerment and just outcomes.
The “Climates of Resistance: Raise Your Voice” project brought together scholarship and art to produce a music video celebrating the Spring 2021 course community and highlighting diverse perspectives in environmental justice.
Our starting message was simple, based on a few popular protest phrases about corporate control, state violence, and environmental injustice: “The wrong Amazon is burning, and the wrong ICE is melting”. From there, participants layered additional lessons through lyrics, art, and action. Check out the resulting music video:
Music Video Credits:
Lyrics: Lia Chabot, Hategekimana Serge, Emily Myles, and Dan Pogarian
Music: Austin Willacy & Micah Hendler
Video Production: Micah Hendler
Audio Production: Austin Willacy
Featured Artists:
Micah Hendler, Vocals
Julianna Joss, Dance
Nia Nephew, Illustration
Dan Pogarian, Vocals
Ewar Kamal Rauff, Young Kurdish Ambassador of Love and Environment
Garrett Turner, Vocals
Austin Willacy, Vocals
Reylon Yount, Yangqin
Zinha, Vocals
Contributing Artists from the “Climates of Resistance” Course Community:
Nathan Abrams, Rachel Ackerman, Maria del Mar Aponte Rodriguez, Hamza Arsbi, M Benesch, Eilidh Brady, Hannah Boley, Iorwerth Bruner-Tracey, Claire Celestin, Lia Chabot, Bram Dutch, Dina Eldawy, Zina Ellis, Cyrus Farner, Charlie Farnum, Kendall Farnum, Bakhshin T Fatih, Anastasia Golub, Arez Hussen, Kristin Mellon, Kevin Morris, Deb Orieta, Breanna Riddick, Skyler Ross, William Sherwood, Riley Smith, Elliot Stoller, Tessza Udverhelyi, Teresa Visser, and Olivia Wilks (with special appearances from our feline friends Louie Aponte and Vern)
Created with the Teaching Support of:
Claire Celestin, Gabby Cook Francis, Dina Eldawy, Micah Hendler, Emma Morgan-Bennett, Breanna Riddick, Garrett Turner, Austin Willacy, and Reylon Yount
Special Thanks to:
Jeanne Chu, Petra Hejnova, Jacke Lewis-Frenay, Marisa Lostumbo, and Erika Wilkens of Syracuse Abroad
and to the Syracuse University Native American and Indigenous Studies Program
Dedicated to:
the anti-racist activists, environmental defenders, and community organizers who inspired the “Climates of Resistance” course
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