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Don’t Laugh at Peter Yarrow
Some of you may have been lucky enough to attend the fourth or fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival Awards Ceremonies at HBO headquarters in NYC. If you were there, then you had the privilege of hearing folk legend Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary sing live in honor of films about youth bullying.
At the MTM4 event, Peter sang "Don't Laugh at Me" upon presenting the Peace in Our Classrooms Award, sponsored by Frank Marshall, to Kristina Schoentag for her film, Laugh at the Fat Kid.
And at the MTM5 Awards Ceremony, Peter sang "Puff the Magic Dragon" in honor of Homecoming.
Yarrow and the whole PP&M crew have long been committed to social justice and to using music as a tool to inspire, unite and activate audiences. And tonight, the Songwriters Hall of Fame is honoring the band with its "Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award."
As the article in the New York Times explains:
The power in the words voiced by Peter, Paul & Mary was subtle but strong. The group, created as folk music was beginning to take off in the early 60s, helped to define the era of social upheaval. They were present at some of most defining moments of the boomer generation, including the March on Washington in 1963.
Watch Laugh at the Fat Kid
Watch Homecoming
Read the article in the New York Times
Sing along to "Don't Laugh at Me"
Take action to stop bullying!
Published on June 15, 2006
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