Joint social action
Collaborative initiation and implementation of social and educational projects to promote dialogue through music in the public domain
Here are some examples for ventures to promote dialogue through music, developed by students and teenagers during their participation in Music for Dialogue programs. So far several dozens of such projects have been developed, and in the future we intend to operate a ‘Hub for Dialogue Ventures’ to accompany and support those with a significant potential for social impact.
“Transparents” – The students got to know the maintenance and cleaning teams on campus (“the transparents”) through songs that they chose and presented on video.
“United Hatzalah” – a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) student from Tel-Aviv University who volunteers at United Hatzalah initiated with his Music for Dialogue team members – Jews, Arabs, religious, secular and Haredi – a program for other United Hatzalah volunteers. On a dedicated group page on the Pickamusic website, they shared songs that help them deal with hardships and traumas they encounter through their work, thus creating a space for supportive conversation. The activity online culminated in a group meeting where the volunteers were able to use their music choices to discuss openly the hardships they experience at work.
“Musical inter-generational playlist of new Olim” – interviews led by students in order to create a musical representation of the perception that new Olim (Jewish immigrants to Israel) have of the country before and after making Aliyah – ‘from dream to reality’.
“Family music album” – students created in their families an inter-generational dialogue through meaningful songs representing each family member.
“Musical Equality” – a Facebook group started by students to create a dialogue through music between people with and without disabilities. The students aimed to expose the things that connect us as people, by using personal stories told through songs.
Residential Center for Deaf Children – a student who is a group counselor at the Center initiated a program where he and his colleagues engaged in team building and strategy planning through choosing songs that reflect their credos on how to provide the best care for the children.
“What is your idea of home?” – a multi-cultural project where students interviewed people from different sectors in Israeli society in order to show the similarities between them.
“Shared life in Israeli academia” – students initiated a program to create ongoing dialogue between Jewish and Arab students on campus, connecting through sharing songs and helping each other throughout the
“Musical Yearbook” – pilot program in secondary schools in a Druze village of creating a ‘musical yearbook’ for graduates in order to deepen ties and relationships between them as a group, through their favorite music.