For over a decade Roots of American Music has been working with the Maltz Museum and our Stop the Hate program to deliver anti-bias education through the lens of arts enrichment through Youth Sing Out.
The 2022 Youth Sing Out Songwriting Contest is a classroom based group competition for sixth to twelfth grade students that invites classrooms to participate in:
- A virtual “Stop the Hate” Maltz Museum tour
- A virtual “Power of Music and Protest” Rock & Roll Hall of Fame tour
- A free workshop with a teaching artist from Roots of American Music to reflect on what they’ve learned, discuss their own experiences with discrimination and bias, and then work together to pen an original song.
The song that the students write together with their teaching artist becomes the class submission to the Stop the Hate contest. Songs from across Northeast Ohio are judged by a panel of music experts selected in partnership with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The winning classrooms receive anti-bias education grants for their school.
Congratulations to all Middle School and High School Participants
Original lyrics are sung by teaching artists from Roots of American Music. To hear a classroom's song see the list below. Those named finalists are recognized within the list.
Winners will be named on Wednesday, April 13 at 7:00 p.m. online via Zoom at the 14th Annual Stop the Hate® Youth Speak Out & Youth Sing Out Awards Ceremony.
Join us for the 14th Annual Stop the Hate® Youth Speak Out & Youth Sing Out Awards Ceremony which annually awards $100,000 in scholarships and prizes to middle and high schools, students, and teachers speaking out against bias and discrimination. Be inspired by young people of different cultures, backgrounds, and identities raising their voices to effect change in their communities.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CATEGORY
Written by Tamara Blair's Grade 8 Class, Newton D. Baker School of the Arts
Performed by Bethany Joy
Written by Renee Ritter's Grade 8 Class, Luis Muñoz Marin School
Performed by Kari Ann Rutushin
Written by Sheila Chamberlin's Grade 7 and 8 Class, Clark Elementary School
Performed by Sam Hooper
Written by Renee Ritter's Grade 8 Class, Luis Muñoz Marin School
Performed by Kari Ann Rutushin
Written by Tamara Blair's Grade 7 Class, Newton D. Baker School of the Arts
Performed by Bethany Joy
Written by Tamara Blair's Grade 7 Class, Newton D. Baker School of the Arts
Performed by Bethany Joy
Written by Lisa Blasko's Grade 8 Class, Garfield Middle School
Performed by Charlie Mosbrook
Written by Karen Fugate's Grade 7 Class, Luis Muñoz Marin School
Performed by Kari Ann Rutushin
Written by Lisa Blasko's Grade 6 Class, Harding Middle School
Performed by Bethany Joy
Written by Melissa Moran's Grade 7 and 8 Class, Wade Park School
Performed by Charlie Mosbrook
Written by Mollie Lockwood's Grade 6 Class, Clark Elementary School
Performed by Sam Hooper
Written by Stephanie Terranova's Grade 7 and 8 Class, Clark Elementary School
Performed by Sam Hooper
Written by Dana Crane's Grade 7 and 8 Class, Clark Elementary School
Performed bySam Hooper
Written by Lisa Blasko's Grade 8 Class, Harding Middle School
Performed by Bethany Joy
Written by Lisa Blasko's Grade 7 Class, Garfield Middle School
Performed by Charlie Mosbrook
Written by Lisa Blasko's Grade 6 Class, Garfield Middle School
Performed by Charlie Mosbrook
Written by Caitlin Franc's Grade 6 Class, Clark Elementary School
Performed by Sam Hooper
Written by Tamara Blair's Grade 8 Class, Newton D. Baker School of the Arts
Performed by Bethany Joy
Written by Lisa Blasko's Grade 7 Class, Harding Middle School
Performed by Bethany Joy
HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY
Written by Antoinette Brown's 9th Period Class, Shaw High School
Performed by Sam Hooper
Written by Kim Huckaby's 6th Period Class, Max S. Hayes High School
Performed by Kyle Kidd
This song will be posted soon
Written by Kari Beery's 9th Grade White Block 1, Mayfield High School
Performed by Ed Sotelo
Written by Laverne McLain's 7th Period Class, Max S. Hayes High School
Performed by Kyle Kidd
Written by Nicole Majercak's 9th Period Class, Beachwood High School
Performed by Taylor Lamborn
Written by Laverne McLain's 4th Period Class, Max S. Hayes High School
Performed by Kyle Kidd
This song will be posted soon
Written by Laverne McLain's 8th Period Class, Max S. Hayes High School
Performed by Kyle Kidd
This song will be posted soon
Written by Antoinette Brown's 4th Period Class, Shaw High School
Performed by Sam Hooper
Written by Laverne McLain's 1st Period Class, Max S. Hayes High School
Performed by Kyle Kidd
This song will be posted soon
Written by Kerry Rutigliano's 9th Grade Green Block 3, Mayfield High School
Performed by Ed Sotelo
Written by Aja Barrett's Hip Hop & Poetry Team, St. Martin de Porres
Performed by Charlie Mosbrook
Written by Kari Beery's 9th Grade Green Block 2, Mayfield High School
Performed by Ed Sotelo
Written by Kari Beery's Green Block 4, Mayfield High School
Performed by Bethany Svoboda
Written by Sarah Hodge's Civics 2.0, Glenville High School
Performed by Charlie Mosbrook
Written by Nicole Majercak's 1st Period Class, Beachwood High School
Performed by Taylor Lamborn
Written by Antoinette Brown's 8th Period Class, Shaw High School
Performed by Sam Hooper
Written by Antoinette Brown's 7th Period Class, Shaw High School
Performed by Sam Hooper
Written by Kari Beery's White Block 4, Mayfield High School
Performed by Bethany Svoboda
Written by Antoinette Brown's 2nd Period Class, Shaw High School
Performed by Sam Hooper
Written by Laverne McLain's 3rd Period Class, Max S. Hayes High School
Performed by Kyle Kidd
This song will be posted soon
Written by Nicole Majercak's 10th Period Class, Beachwood High School
Performed by Taylor Lamborn
Written by Angelique Shields and Monica Black's 4th Block, Ginn Academy
Performed by Taylor Lamborn
Written by Laverne McLain's 2nd Period Class, Max S. Hayes High School
Performed by Kyle Kidd
This song will be posted soon
Awards:
Winners in middle and high school categories receive anti-bias education grants:
1st place in both categories receives $3,500
2nd place in both categories receives $2,000
Everyone who participates receives recognition:
Participating students & schools receive congratulatory upstander certificates that can be printed.
Teacher of the Year to be named:
New this year, the Museum will present a $1,000 cash prize to the Stop the Hate Youth Sing Out Teacher of the Year for personal commitment to anti-bias education.
All participating schools receive money:
Every Northeast Ohio school within the 12 country radius that participates in a workshop package or uses Stop the Hate learning progression in their classroom is eligible to receive anti-bias education grant money from a pool of $30,000 that will be split evenly.
