Giving Thanks and #GivingTuesday Posted about over 6 years ago

Greeting Friends!As we enter the season of Thanks and Giving, we offer our sincere gratitude for your generosity that so far has raised $13,332 of our $15,900 goal for this Pure Charity Campaign. With your help, we can complete this portion of our #EmpowerYouthAgainstHate campaign with just $1,668 more on or before #GivingTuesday on November 28.Perhaps you can give just a bit more and/or share ...

You and James Taylor Have Something in Common Posted about over 6 years ago

Dear Friends ~ WIth the generous support of people like you and James Taylor, Music in Common has reached nearly $45,000 toward our total goal of $159,000 in the #EmpowerYouth AgainstHateCampaign.  And nearly $12,000 of that includes new donors toward the $20,000 needed to meet our match! We are looking forward to some exciting events and other ways to continue to help us to reach our total goa...

WOW! Look what you've done! Posted about over 6 years ago

Greetings Friends, You rock! Your unwavering belief in Music in Common to create real and lasting change fuels us to charge forward. Thanks to you and many others, we have raised nearly 26% of our $159,000 goal in the first eight weeks of our #EmpowerYouthAgainstHate Campaign.  $13,182 raised on our Pure Charity crowdfunding campaign to which you have so generously contributed $28,053, from do...

$10,000 Match Challenge! Posted about over 6 years ago

Dear Friends,Thanks to your support of this campaign, #EmpowerYouthAgainstHate has been widely shared and seen by thousands of people who had not previously known about our work.  The momentum is growing and we are inviting you to help us meet a challenge!An anonymous donor has offered to support Music in Common with a $10,000 contribution if we can raise $20,000 from new donors by the end of t...

If hate is learned, can it be unlearned? UPDATE #4 Posted about over 6 years ago

That poignant question was posed the other day by a participant in our MIC JAMMS program with a group of refugee, immigrant, and American-born teens in Springfield, MA. It is a question we've asked ourselves often and we know the answer to be a resounding "YES". But even better than unlearning hate is never learning it to begin with. At it's core, THAT is what Music in Common does. We teach und...

A glimpse of what the world can be... Update #3 Posted about over 6 years ago

Greetings!  First, we would like to send a heartfelt THANK YOU to each of you who has made a donation to our #EmpowerYouthAgainstHate campaign so far. We are a long way to the finish line but together we know that each action and each day brings us closer. By continuing to share, post, and spread the word about Music in Common and this fundraiser to friends, family, and colleagues, your contrib...

Best Birthday Ever! Update #2 Posted about over 6 years ago

Thank You, Friends!You have helped make this the best birthday week ever!We are five days into Music in Common's Empower Youth Against Hate campaign and have raised 3% of the $159,000 in program funding that was rescinded. We’ve got a long way to go but we know we’re gonna get there because of people like you. You can continue to help us widen our reach by sharing the campaign link and hashtag ...

THANK YOU! Update #1 Posted about over 6 years ago

Greetings! As we kick off this campaign, we want to THANK each of you who have donated already and to those who have shared the campaign through social media and email.  WE CANNOT DO THIS without you and are counting on you to keep the momentum you have started going strong right through to August 31!  In honor of our founder, Todd Mack's birthday today we are setting a goal today of $5,300 to ...