The Role of Song in Advancing Health Care Reform
Peter Yarrow, Songwriter, founder of Operation Respect, September 2, 2009
A physician-activist, Dr. Rick Lippin, knowing my deeply held belief that songs that touch peoples' hearts can bring them together to advance causes such as social justice and societal equity, posed a question to me about which songs might appropriately be applied to advance the health care reform movement in America. Dr. Lippin, a leader of national, significant, dialogue correctly cited "We Shall Overcome " as the signature song of the Civil Rights Movement. Peter, Paul & Mary and many others sang this song on behalf of that historic effort during the 1960s, a movement that culminated in landmark legislation and a sea change in what Americans came to realize might be accomplished through grassroots activism which, in those days, was inevitably accompanied by song.
The rest is at
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-yarrow/the-role-of-song-in-advan_b_275426.html
(the page has embedded videos as well)
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