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The Show is ON!

Celebrate the power of dreams with this free program on Sunday, June 4th in the 500-foot art space of Cherry Street Pier surrounded by sky and water! Or tune in to the livestream!

Whether you’re near or far – whether you can come down to Cherry Street Pier on June 4 at noon or join our livestream at 2 – you won’t want to miss out on this uplifting afternoon of connection and purpose. 

CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW TO GET YOUR FREE TICKET

You CAN make a donation (more on that below) but the ticket is FREE and we don’t want you to miss out. Join us! 

 EVENT SUNDAY JUNE 4
Ticket holders can Attend Live 12-4 pm at Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia, OR Tune in to the Livestream 2-3 pm, OR Watch Video Recording  emailed on June 5th.
(Times in US Eastern)

PROGRAM PROGRESS

STUDENT INVITES TO JUNE 4

An important part of Dreamline’s programs for students is creating a platform for sharing dreams, being part of something bigger than ourselves, and speaking to an authentic audience to ignite change. 

For local participant teachers to distribute to students.	For remote participant teachers to distribute to students.

FROM THE BOARD

Making Dreams Happen

The Dream Path SEL curriculum experience intentionally develops the empathy, belonging, and agency which are critical for positive changes in school climate needed in so many places today.

The Board invites you to make a contribution to support  positive school climate change in 2023-24, putting concrete tools in the hands of teachers who will make a difference.

You can LEARN MORE about the impact of your gift on the Annual Campaign Page or GIVE NOW  through our Eventbrite page where you make a donation and receive a ticket to the Dream Philly Festival. 

WHAT’S NEXT

DREAM PATH SEL in ’23-24

Please contact us for further information as you look toward plans and budgets for next year. 

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We Are Bouncing Back

Pre-COVID Dreamline was serving an average of 6,000 students per year–to help them find the dreams they believe in and connect to others. That went down to 600 students in the previous two years thanks to the pandemic. But NOW…

As of this writing we are serving 2,961 students at 26 sites!
We are welcoming back schools we haven’t seen for quite few a years such as
FERRY PASS MIDDLE SCHOOL in Pensacola, Florida!
IRMA RANGEL MIDDLE & HIGH in Dallas, Texas! and
CALEB GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY in Sacramento, California!

We are welcoming many first-time schools to the Dreamline community such as:
FUZHI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL in Gukeng, Taiwan!
McDOWELL HIGH SCHOOL in Erie, Pennsylvania! and
DUNBAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!
And with programs like the intensively supported pilot at Dunbar, we are learning tons about  best implementation practices in our most underserved schools. 

CLICK HERE  to VIEW the participant map and browse around. 
CLICK HERE to JOIN in if you’re an educator who has 5 or more class periods for Dreamline before the end of this school year! 

PROGRAM PROGRESS

June 4, 2023 EVENT

PICTURE THIS: You walk into the 500-foot art space that is Cherry Street Pier and all around you see Dream Booths – 7-foot high structures wrapped in Dreamline Banners, each made by a different student, each Dream Booth from a different school. Beyond that, tables with people of all ages making their own Dream Banners, learning cloth printing techniques, making Dream-related buttons, and other activities.

There’s music from the stage under the 11-foot digital screen where students from around the world join in. And there are booths and tables from organizations related to what our students dream of changing: the environment, social justice, education, and more.

At 12:00 noon the action starts and at 2 pm on the stage, special guest Ryan Harris takes the mic. He will inspire and provoke, showing that we all can make a difference in the world as he has with the creation of As I Plant This Seed, a program supporting at-risk youth in the neighborhood where he grew up. 

And then the dreams–as students step to the mic and read their Dream Banners, one at a time, supported by music that moves with their words. On the giant screen overhead, students from far away places add their voices in a tapestry of dreams and sound that surrounds us. 

The Pier Vendors will keep us fed, the Banners inspired, the Activities busy, the Music energized, and the day will leave us all ready to change the world. Because together, we will..

Join us – in person or online, you’re invited. 

FROM THE BOARD

Making Dreams Happen

Dreamline’s nonprofit Board of Directors is a working group supporting Dreamline both week-to-week and at the oversight and policy level. To give you an idea of how the Board is making dreams happen for our June 4 event, here’s an insider look:
Barbara Bassett, Board Co-President, is leading the charge for our Donors’ Reception. The event is the culmination of a fundraising drive to support Dreamline in 2023-24. 
Lourin Plant, Board Co-President is putting his vast production experience to work by leading the stage segment of our program with musicians, speakers, most important of all, student readers. 
Dan Lai, Board Secretary, is the lead organizer for the hands-on activities and allied organization tables and booths. 
Ron Carleton, Board Treasurer, is leading the ticket tracking from our Eventbrite and supporting the ticket sales and  fundraising efforts.
Serita Lewis, Board Member, is helping reach out into Philadelphia communities and beyond to make sure everyone knows about this event and can join in. 
Jeffrey Harlan, Founder and Program Director, is coordinating with schools to get the Banners there, get students on stage, and bring voices to us on Zoom. 

YOU CAN MAKE DREAMS HAPPEN TOO!
If you are local, and would like to volunteer on the day of the event, we will put you to work with guidance and partners. 

JUNE 4 VOLUNTEER SIGN UP

Everyone can help make dreams happen by supporting the Dream Philly Festival Annual Campaign to fund Dreamline’s work in 2023-24. Read more and join in!

ANNUAL CAMPAIGN ENDING JUNE 4

WHAT’S NEXT

ASAP, MAY 20 & MAY 26

JUNE 4 EVENT SCHOOL SIGNUP

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Live is BACK!

Every year since the Dreamline idea got going, we’ve had an annual gathering to give our students the mic, an authentic audience, and a day of celebration, uplifting our dreams. The last time it was live was 2019, and you know what happened after that .. Zoom is great but….

On Sunday, June 4, starting at noon US Eastern Time, we’re back live AND online to celebrate connected dreams everywhere. Cherry Street Pier has opened their doors to Dreamline and will help us host a daylong celebration with music, food, dream-related activities and thousands of Dream Banners on display.

Their 8×11 foot jumbotron will bring in Dreamline students from around the US and the world to share their dreams alongside local students supported by families, school communities, and the general public for an expected audience of 1,000+. 

Creating authentic audience, raising up awareness of what really matters to young people, and inspiring our Dreamline students to move in the direction of their dreams is what Dreamline is all about. And ALL OF THAT will be live, online, and happening June 4. 

Details coming soon on how YOU can be a part of it.

PROGRAM PROGRESS

Dream Path Community Collaborations

No names for this one, but we’re pleased and honored to report that Dreamline’s Program Director Jeffrey Harlan was invited to lead a group of 12-year-old middle school girls in Iran in the “New/You” activity as they started their Dream Path program with their teacher two weeks ago.

After talking with them on Zoom for an hour, Jeffrey commented that it was “like talking to really sharp middle schoolers in the US. We talked about symbolism, the cultural context of dreams, and the power of collaboration as we got into examining and responding to five or six Banners from our online gallery. Some were from their country in past years. The students’ deep insights and personal connections, left me unbelievably hopeful and inspired.”

Recently we learned that the district’s monthly SEL themes are empathy and relationship at  Wissahickon Middle School in Ambler, Pennsylvania, US. We’ve seen new subscribers there as teachers pass the word about Dream Path SEL.

5-Day Dream Path

The FULL Dream Path SEL curriculum is definitely our “flag ship” program and creates the most impactful Dreamline experience, however not all group leaders have time for the ten one-hour lessons or twenty half-hour segments. With this in mind, we have created an INTRO Program Guide for an engaging Dream Path experience in 5 30-45 minute classes. It integrates key elements from  the FULL Program into a cohesive sequence that results in a group Dreamline, building community and global awareness.

Click above to take a look and sign up for the curriculum below to view all of the lesson slides, guides, and more. For more information on scheduling and scope options for Dream Path SEL click here. 

Use code DPSEL23.

2023 Dream Path Curriculum Signup

FROM THE BOARD

Retreat & ADVANCE

Dreamline’s nonprofit Board of Directors is a working group supporting Dreamline both week-to-week and at the oversight and policy level. In mid-January, the group met for a retreat day to revisit Dreamline’s 2020 Strategic Plan because of the many unexpected events that have transpired in the past three years. 

One key development has been the creation of the Dream Path SEL curriculum, part of the 2020 Plan. COVID-19 was of course not part of the plan. Nonprofits engaging school groups experienced a national decline of 90% in students served as a result of the pandemic. Dreamline was no exception. Now is the time for rebuilding. The primary question of the retreat was how we will focus our resources in the next three years to rebuild community. 

We are pleased to share that the Board was unanimous in its support of a community expansion model that continues to engage our global participants and focuses our key outreach on underserved urban school sites, starting in Philadelphia. Working with donors to support pilot programming, we will develop and scale program implementation strategies that prove successful in our nation’s most challenging educational settings. Throughout the process we will measure changes in student empathy, belonging, agency, and prosociality along with other more holistic community outcomes.

The Board looks forward to keeping you updated on this strategic initiative and sharing ways you can support the effort

WHAT’S NEXT

THE DREAMLINE CHALLENGE!
10 Days 10 Dreamlines

WILL YOU TAKE THE DREAMLINE CHALLENGE?

In the NEXT TEN DAYS – by the last day in February, we challenge our community to help rebuild the community with the 10 Days 10 Dreamlines Challenge. 

Here’s how it works:

Use the resources below to share Dreamline with a new group (or yourself!) 

Each time you send something to a group or person, post about it with #ThrewADreamline to ….
Each time a new group signs up we’ll post with _(you).. #TiedADreamlineKnot

You can also email us if you don’t do social media. 

Here’s what you need:

Signup (case sensitive)

bi.ly/threwadreamline

hashtags

#ThrewAdreamline

#globaldreamline (or program tag)

program info (case sensitive)
bit.ly/threwadreamlinevideo 

bit.ly/threwadreamlinesite

We are @globaldreamline on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. 
We are @DreamlineJeffrey on Tik Tok. 

Good Luck!

A GIFT OF HOPE AND CHANGE

FREE SUBSCRIPTION for TEACHERS/ LEADERS

Use code DPSEL23. This link is not on our main website. 

The offer is good until February 1, 2023, the birthday of Langston Hughes, and the launch date for the 2022-23 Dreamline season. Teachers who accept by February 1 will have full access to Dream Path SEL curriculum materials for the rest of the 2022-23 school year. We’ll conclude in June with a global celebration hosted in Philadelphia and including online participants from everywhere sharing the dreams they believe in. 

Dream Path SEL develops self and global awareness, visions of the future, and the Social-Emotional Learning skills to realize those visions.

Our Board of Directors authorized this because in the 2022-23 year they want every friend of Dreamline to be able to experience the flexible and transformative impact of this Dreamline curriculum – with its media-rich, authentic, activity-based approach to helping students reflect on themselves and the world, find a vision that compels them, and broaden their global perspective. 

Using art, writing, technology, and community-building, Dream Path SEL helps you find a dream you believe in because that changes everything. 

The offer also includes the assessment surveys built into the Dream Path SEL program that measure changes in empathy, agency, belonging, and pro-social behaviors.

Already, Cook-Wissahickon Middle School in Philadelphia, has started the 40 mini-lesson version of Dream Path SEL with 200 students in grades 5-8. 3rd and 4th graders at Howard Gardener School in Scranton, PA will start Dream Path SEL in January in a 5-session experience, and  9th – 12th graders at McDowell High School in Erie, PA are starting a teacher-customized Dream Path SEL program later this month. 

(Click the image for an interactive map to see where they all are.)

Happy Holidays for those who celebrate them. Please join in and pass this on.

LEARN MORE ABOUT DREAM PATH SEL

FREE SUBSCRIPTION for TEACHERS/ LEADERS

CHECK OUT this TikTok Tuesday that registered for more than 1,400 viewers back in November and hear what Dreamline Founder Jeffrey Harlan (and 4-year-old Sylvia) have to say about finding a place for your voice and making change in the world. 

COMMUNITY CORNER

A space for what’s going on with Dreamline community members.

Dreamline Art Teacher Forming Community  Around Her Work

Longtime Dreamline teacher Joy Waldinger has a newsletter you might want to check out. Here’s what she shared with us:

J. Eliza Wall (Joy Elisabeth Waldinger) is a Philadelphia artist, writer, filmmaker, and art educator. She believes that art is a powerful tool that can generate change and healing on a local and global level. Her short films have won awards in national and international film festivals and she has been published in a variety of literary magazines. In 2020, she published Like the Sun Holds the Moon: A Children’s Book, which addresses themes of separation and divorce, and for the May 2022 Lunar Eclipse, her book Like the Sun Holds the Moon: A Novel was published by Little Creek Press. Her newest children’s book (TRASH CRAB) will be coming out on Earth Day 2023! Sign up for her newsletter if you want a little more magic in your life to weave some order from the chaos. Her magic section is modeled after her Teaching Pedagogy. The Head, Heart, and Hands Pedagogy guides her art education practice since it integrates all three domains of learning: cognitive (head), affective (heart), and experiential (hands). Her previous collaboration with Dreamline has inspired her personal creative journey. 

Newsletter sign-up: https://mailchi.mp/eb615ebae200/j-eliza-wall-newsletter  

website: https://linktr.ee/j.elizawall