African American Museum in Philadelphia & DREAMLINE.ORG
present
HEALING & HOPE
JOINING DR. KING’S LEGACY WITH AAMP & DREAMLINE
WELCOME
Welcome. Welcome your future self, welcome your dreams, and welcome your actions. Today we honor the legacy of Dr. King by joining it with Dreamline to focus on healing and hope in this new year.
GET SET
- GET A piece of paper about 8.5x 11 in. lined is OK but no lines even better.
- GET Something to write or draw with–pen, pencil, markers, etc.
- AT THE TOP OF THE PAPER write “Dear Future Self,” Skip a line. Then write, “I have a dream that…” STOP – for now.
INTRODUCTION
AAMP and Dr. King’s Legacy
Ivan Henderson
Vice President of Programming
This is a selection of photos from the museum’s collection.
Dr. Charesse Ford
Curriculum Consultant & Advisor
Dreamline helps young people around the world
discover, believe in, and act on their dreams.
A Simple Product and Transformative Process
Participants create Dream Banners, expressing their dreams to share with the world in words and art.
Through the Dreamline Experience, participants learn about themselves, the world, what they want to change, and how to get started.
LET’S GO!
LISTEN
Special Guest Presenters from
Longstreth Elementary
School District of Philadelphia
Sakane and Akaiah
Let’s Explore…
DREAMLINE GALLERY
#mlk
What do you notice about these banners?
What makes them powerful?
Some people say dreams don’t matter.
Do you think Dr. King would agree or disagree?
TAKE THE POLL
Why?
REFLECT
When you think of Dr. King, what are the first three words you think of?
What are some other words for INJUSTICE?
THINK OF SOME EXAMPLES OF INJUSTICE–in the world, where you live, in your own life?
think
HOW OLD do you think Dr. King was when he took a stand against injustice publicly by writing about it in a newspaper, The Atlanta Constitution?
TAKE THE POLL
“Almost all the movement in that period, almost all critical thought, almost all critical decisions were made by the young. “
Go to 4:54 in video below or CLICK HERE. Stop at 5:57.
“For wherever we come together
We will forever overcome.“
CREATE
How old will you be 20 years from now?
GET
Your paper with “Dear Future Self”
& pencil or markers.
What are your dreams for the future?
For yourself?
For your community?
For the world?
Write them in this letter to yourself.
If you have time, write three steps you can take to make these dreams real : 1– this week, 1–this month, 1–this year.
If you have time, add decoration or drawing to get people’s attention and add to your dreams.
SHARE
open mic
Take ACTON by sharing & keeping your dream in the Dreamline global platform.
- TAKE A PICTURE of your Dream Banner–what you just made–with your phone. Hold it up and down. Get as close as you can to the paper.
- UPLOAD it with the form below.
FOR CHILDREN OR STUDENTS UNDER 18, this has to have your parent’s name and email consent for us to put it on our site.
TO UPLOAD USE THE PHONE YOU TOOK THE PICTURE WITH
CLICK HERE
or
bit.ly/mlk22up
Thank you AAMP!!
LEARN MORE … about Dreamline Program with youth, especially DREAM PATH SEL, releasing on Feb. 1, birthday of Langston Hughes AND FOLLOW US @globaldreamline
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly…
–Langston Hughes
imagination – awareness – community – change
info.dreamline 