PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION
171 PIER AVENUE NO 271, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 www.playingforchange.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH MUSIC AND ARTS EDUCATION BY SUPPORTING MUSIC SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE CREATED AND OPERATED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND THEN PURPOSEFULLY CONNECT THOSE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.

PROVIDING RESOURCES TO MUSICIANS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.

TO DATE, PFCF HAS CREATED FIFTEEN MUSIC PROGRAMS IN 11 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE MUSIC SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AFRICA, GHANA, MALI, AND THE CREATION OF ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS IN RWANDA, MOROCCO, BANGLADESH, THAILAND, AND IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN NEPAL. MORE THAN 2,000 CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN FREE CLASSES EACH WEEK AND SUBJECTS INCLUDE SONG, DANCE, PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, TEACHING CULTURAL TRADITIONS, AND, IN SOME CASES BASIC LITERACY. BY PROVIDING CHILDREN A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN, FLOURISH, AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES, PFCF OFFERS A CREATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO THE STRUGGLES MANY OF THESE CHILDREN FACE DAILY. EACH PROGRAM IS EVALUATED ANNUALLY MANY OF THESE CHILDREN AND INSTRUCTORS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH US WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING AND TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO THEM THAT STRENGTHEN THEIR SENSE OF THEMSELVES, THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THEIR PLACE IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO MUSIC INSTRUCTION, PROGRAMMATIC EXPANSION OCCURRED THROUGH PROGRAM PARTNERSHIPS WITH PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA, INCLUDING MEXICO, BRAZIL, AND ARGENTINA.

PLAYING FOR CHANGE DAY IS A CREATIVE DAY OF ACTION THAT USES THE UNIVERSAL POWER OF MUSIC TO CREATE POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE. MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD PERFORM ON STAGES, STREET CORNERS, SCHOOLS, YOGA STUDIOS, AND CAFES TO BRING MUSIC INTO THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE. IN RESPONSE TO THE ENTHUSIASM OF THOSE INSPIRED BY 'SONG AROUND THE WORLD AND THE MISSION OF THE PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION, PFC DAY WAS BORN SO THAT EVERYONE COULD GET INVOLVED AND BECOME A PART OF A GLOBAL COMMUNITY. PFC DAY ALIGNS WITH OUR OVERARCHING ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION OF CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH MUSIC AND ARTS EDUCATION. OUR DIRECT PROGRAMS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN PFC DAY AND THE PERFORMING THEY DO IN FRONT OF A GROUP, COLLECTIVELY AND ON STAGE IS PART OF THEIR PROGRAMMATIC GROWTH AND CURRICULUM GOALS. PFC DAY ALSO BRINGS AWARENESS TO THE REGIONS WHERE OUT OTHER PROGRAMS ARE AND IS FOCUSED ON PLAYING MUSIC WITH A GRASSROOTS MENTALITY.

IN JUNE 2019 PLAYING FOR CHANGE WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS POLAR PRIZE. KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY AS THE NOBEL PRIZE OF MUSIC, PLAYING FOR CHANGE JOINS A POWERFUL GROUP OF PREVIOUS AWARDEES THAT INCLUDES BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, PATTI SMITH, BOB DYLAN, ELTON JOHN, METALLICA, THE AFGANISTAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, AND MANY MORE. PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION RECEIVED THE AWARD, IN PART, AS A RECOGNITION OF OUR PROGRAM WORK OVER THE PAST DECADE.

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