Activist song-writer Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, brings the traumatized teenage survivors of the Parkland school shooting out of isolation and depression to put their souls on paper. Lyrics and spoken word burst forth. Beautiful voices are discovered. Raw emotions are transformed into musical prayers. In the first several hours an anthem is created: “Song for the Silenced.” Full album is forthcoming.

Kid Rebels with Gail Sheehy

Episode 1: “Song for the Silenced”

Sneak preview & backstory of protest songs by Parkland shooting survivors. Gail Sheehy, the author of “Passages,” looks deep into the emotional impact of school shootings on traumatized teenagers. She presents an inspiring alternative to the isolation and PTSD that hangs over 221,000 school shooting survivors nationwide since Columbine. Sheehy followed Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary to Florida, where the tireless activist and his cohorts from the Civil Rights Era began helping to heal survivors of the Parkland school massacre. How? By mentoring them to make new music to assert their power in fearless protest songs as the soundtrack of today’s movement against gun violence.

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Kid Rebels with Gail Sheehy