VSA intern Julia Beck filmed this video at our partner, The Henderson Inclusion School, a few weeks ago during their Black History Month Show. We think it's pretty awesome and are hoping you'll agree and help to make it go viral with shares and likes. If the video touches you, please share it on your Facebook page. Don't use Facebook? Leave a blog comment, Tweet it, email a link, etc.
The student saying the speech is a fifth grader with disabilities and it was a major accomplishment for him to be able to perform the speech in front of an auditorium full of parents and classmates. Kati Blair Kotrc, VSA's Director of Education, met his mother before the performance and she was beaming with pride - "my son is the one who plays Martin Luther King, Jr. and says the 'I have a dream' speech."
We have a dream also . . . that one day, people of all abilities will have fair access to the arts and learning.
Sudbury Massachusetts native Matt Savage performs on the Kennedy Center Millennium stage April 2, 2013 at 6pm. The performance will be broadcast live via webcast.
First labeled a "jazz prodigy" at age 8, Matt Savage, now 20, has been connected with some of the biggest names in jazz over the 12 years of his remarkable career. He has been heralded by Dave Brubeck as "amazing" and "another Mozart", and by Chick Corea as "delightful and inspiring". He has performed, on stage and in jam sessions, with the Ellington All Stars, Chaka Khan, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Clark Terry, and Chick Corea, just to name a few. Savage's impressive roster of performances includes such venues as the famed Blue Note and Birdland in New York, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, and at the prestigious Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: A funny and touching coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky. A modern classic that captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up.
Film screening 10:30am-12:15pm (Closed Captioned)
Panel discussion 12:15-12:45pm (CART available)
Deni Lovato's Stay Strong: In this one-hour documentary film, Demi Lovato lets the audience inside to witness her most private moments, during her very public recovery from her eating disorder.
Film screening 1:45-2:45pm
Panel discussion 2:45-3:15pm (CART available)
