Kids and Professionals exchange ideas on what a better Boston would look like
By Cristela Guerra – Boston Globe Staff
May 15, 2018
What would a better Boston look like to you?
That was the question one nonprofit decided to ask youth leaders with the Boston Children’s Chorus and downtown professionals.
Some of the youngest members of the chorus wanted a city where nobody fought or argued. The older ones said “a better Boston would be cleaner and greener, with better roads and friendlier drivers.” All answers had a common thread: They wanted a bit where people were united and where there was less violence.
“It’s OK to think differently,” one response read. “You can express your feelings to have less fighting.”
“I use music to inspire change by playing it when I’m mad or sad,” another wrote. “I sing because I want [people] to improve on [their] behavior and what they do with their life.”
This ongoing volunteer project was sponsored by the organization Building Impact and created as a way to start conversations on race and social justice across the city’s various ZIP codes.
The chorus has students from schools across the state. Project organizers are planning to reach 500 corporate volunteers at dozens of companies downtown and have them exchange ideas by writing to hundreds of youth leaders in the chorus.
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