FEATURE STORY
Rebuilding with Morocco
The Dreamline program has longstanding relationships with educators in Morocco. After the devastation of the earthquake we reached out to see what we can do collectively. We have a direct connection to the Ministry of Education as well as to educators on the ground. Here’s what we came up with …
Sending Money Where it Counts
Consulting our contacts in Morocco we’re offering two ways to give – one, hosted by Dreamline, for creating and sending Dreamline kits to Moroccan schools, another for sending general support. Both are recommended by our Moroccan Dreamline community leaders.
Hands-On Action
Taking a page out of a successful program we ran after Hurricane Sandy, we have launched a Build With Morocco Banner activity to engage students and create a direct connection between our community and our Dreamline community in Morocco. It will take about 2-3 class periods in the next month. We’d love to send a very very long line of Build With Morocco Banners.
And if you have not see it already check out the recent TikTok Tuesday post by Dreamline’s founder and Program Director Jeffrey Harlan. He talks about how our dreams change when we feel connected to others, when we are connected to something bigger than ourselves. That’s what this is all about, and we hope you can be part of it as we begin this exciting new year together.
PROGRAM PROGRESS
THIS YEAR’S DREAMLINE
We are very excited to launch this year’s Dreamline programs!
We are pleased to introduce Hope Rising, with an entirely new program interface. Designed for any age group, it provides step-by-step guidance and linked resources for a 90-minute workshop or 3 class period activity. This program is offered as a gift to the first 40 teachers and leaders of youth organizations who register for the subscription.
We are also very pleased to continue to support and offer Dream Path SEL. Its 10-20 hours of robust instructional programming powerfully supports the development of Social-Emotional Learning skills and integrates an assessment tool measuring changes in student empathy, belonging, agency, and prosociality.
2023 Dream Path Pilot Report
Click image above to view highlights of the Pilot Report for our fully supported Dreamline SEL program at Dunbar Elementary School April-June 2023. link to full report
Dreamline is seeking additional School District of Philadelphia schools to participate in fully supported Dream Path SEL programming in spring of 2024. Interested schools can contact Daniel@dreamline.org.
2023-24 CULMINATING EVENT!
MARK YOUR CALENDARY FOR JUNE 2, 2024
the target date for our program’s annual culminating event, the 2024 Dream Philly Festival live at Cherry Street Pier Philadelphia and online. ALL Dreamline participants will be encouraged to share and declare their dreams!
FROM THE BOARD
2022-23 Goals Exceeded
Dreamline’s Board of Directors is please to report that we exceeded both our Annual Campaign and Program Engagement Goals for 2022-23.
PROGRAM ENGAGMENT
Engagement Goal: 22 teachers, 1,735 students
Actual Engagement: 32 teachers, 2,854 students!
Student engagement 208% higher than previous year
ANNUAL FUND
Goal: $15,000
Raised: $15,848!
WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Amanda Earl, Board Research & Assessment Lead
Amanda has joined our Working Board to help us develop and utilize research tools in measuring Dreamline’s program impact. A longtime supporter of Dreamline, she is a Doctoral Candidate in Comparative and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. While doing field work, Amanda facilitated a Dreamline program with indigenous speakers of Nahuatl in Veracruz, Mexico. (Example Banner) She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Abigail Jones, Board Creative Content Lead
Abigail joins our Working Board to lead creative content projects that bring people and ideas together. She is a producer of commercial and photo shoots for major industry and is the creator of interactive songs and radio plays for youth audiences. Abigail facilitated our program with her students in Bistrica, Macedonia as a Fulbright Scholar. (Video) More recently she coordinated students in Egypt and Iran in an all-student audio production. (Spotify) She lives in Los Angeles, California.
WHAT’S NEXT
October 31 – Rebuilding with Morocco
This is the date by which you have to get us your Building with Morocco Banners in order for us to add them to the line and send them off. GET STARTED
First 40 – Hope Rising Signup ASAP
If you know you’ll join Dreamline this year with the short Hope Rising program, sign up now. There is a cost to Dreamline for each teacher or leader participating. We have funding to support 40 educators with a gift subscription (no financial cost to you) this year. SIGN UP HERE
Community Corner
DRUMMING FOR DREAMERS
Longtime friend of Dreamline Joe Tayoun is a master percussionist offering drumming workshops to schools in the Philadelphia region. Joe’s capacity to bring out joy and connection through music is unparalleled. It’s the stuff of dreams. LEARN MORE.
WHAT’S CRUEL & UNUSUAL?
Dreamline former Board Member Kerry Sautner is staging her first take on Cruel and Unusual Punishment in an examination of the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution as the new CEO of the historic Eastern State Penitentiary. It’s a free Zoom event appropriate for middle and high school students and all curious people who dream of a more just world. Monday, September 18, 12 PM ET. LEARN MORE or SIGN UP
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