TURNAROUND ARTS

Speech is a Turn Around Artist! Turnaround Arts is a national program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and it infuses 73 struggling schools in 37 districts across 17 states and the District of Columbia with a strategy to bolster reform efforts. 

Speech works along side: Yo-Yo Ma, Kerry Washington, Misty Copeland, Alfre Woodard, Ledisi, Jason Mraz, The O’Jays, Larisa Martínez, Black Violin, Paula Abdul, Trombone Shorty, Jackson Browne, Taboo, Tim Robbins, Valerie June, Ozomatli, Keb' Mo’, Jake Shimabukuro, Bernie Williams, Chad Smith, Dan Zanes, Claudia Eliaza, David Garibaldi, Elizabeth Banks, Frank Gehry, IZ Avila, Jacqueline Suskin, John Cruz, John Lloyd Young, Mic Jordan, Paula Fuga and Tracy Reese.

This special video "Love Train" (written by the O'Jays) is produced by Turnaround Arts and Playing For Change and it features Turnaround Arts students performing alongside their Turnaround Artists. "Love Train" shares the message that the arts have the power to improve our schools and build more compassionate, connected communities. Learn more about Turnaround Arts at http://turnaroundarts.kennedy-center.org