Rhonda Draper is a Governor General's Award-winning educator who works as a music specialist in the public education system. While teaching, she asks the students to help her recognize the needs of the more vulnerable. This has allowed Rhonda to make a leap from concert to 'benefit concert', from drumming to 'drumming for peace' from singing to teaching children to 'raise their voices' for others in song. Currently, Rhonda and her students are working on a humanitarian project/song called 'Raise Your Voice'. Her students have empty pockets but that doesn't stop them from forging ahead for change!
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