Birthdays are held near and dear in people’s hearts. And in SOS, the kid’s birthdays are dear to them too. For this reason, we wanted to appreciate one of the kids who was celebrating their birthday in week four with a birthday rap. In the words of Youness, our coordinator, kids having even one person showing them that they're loved and seen and cared for can go a very long way.
We made a call and response rap that we sang along with the kids, and I think that was a great opportunity for us to show them that we not only appreciate and celebrate them, but that their peers love and appreciate them too, and even after we leave, they know that they have people surrounding them that have their back, people who’ll always cheer them on when it’s their birthday, people who’ll compose poems, and songs, and messages to them telling them how much they grateful to have them as a friend.
Hello! My name is Anjelica and I'm a sophomore at Columbia University in New York. My current research aims to look into how language affects our perception of femicide in the media. In my free time, I make podcast videos with people who I find inspiring, I write (and hunt for banger book quotes on Pinterest), I'm currently planning an initiative in my foundation, and I love improv comedy.
A quote that I really love as of now is:
"When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Some angels got jealous and chopped him into millions of pieces, but still he glittered and hummed. So they beat him down to nothing but sparks but each little spark had a shine and a song.
So they covered each one over with mud.
And the lonesomeness in the sparks make them hunt for one another."
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
And yes, I love existential questions.
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