Child Honouring: The Compassion Revolution
Raffi Cavoukian, singer, author, and founder of Child Honouring

In a unique word and song presentation, Raffi will share his philosophy of "Child Honoring," a children-first paradigm for humane and sustainable communities - a compassionate revolution in values. Drawing on the just-published anthology Child Honoring: How to Turn This World Around (co-edited by Sharna Olfman, foreword by the Dalai Lama), Raffi will stress that the primacy of the early years is key to building developmental health, emotional intelligence, and vibrant communities. Raffi's new songs from the CD Resisto Dancing: Songs of Compassionate Revolution sound a musical call to honour all life by honouring the children. Child Honouring calls us to make a new covenant with children and to redesign society for the greatest good by meeting the priority needs of the very young. Join Raffi for an exciting and hope-filled vision and his invitation to, as Nelson Mandela has said, "turn this world around - for the children."

RAFFI CAVOUKIAN is the founder of Child Honouring, a children-first paradigm for global restoration. He is a renaissance man known to millions simply as Raffi: a renowned Canadian troubadour, record producer, systems thinker, author, entrepreneur and ecology advocate, once called “the most popular children’s entertainer in the western world” (Washington Post). President of Troubadour Music, among the most successful independent record labels, Raffi was a pioneer in music for children and families: his CDs, tapes, videos, and DVDs have sold over 14 million copies in Canada and the US, and his books, more than 3 million copies. A generation saw him in concert and grew up singing Down by the Bay and Raffi’s signature song Baby Beluga. “Beluga grads” often tell him they’re now raising their own kids with his songs.

A recipient of the Order of Canada and the United Nations’ Earth Achievement Award, Raffi has recently been awarded two honourary degrees: Dr of Music, from the University of Victoria, and Dr of Letters, from the University of British Columbia. He is associated with many NGOs, including the Council of Human Development, the Darwin Project Council, the Center for Partnership Studies, the Center for Children’s Health and the Environment, and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

In his 3 decade career, Raffi has refused all commercial endorsement offers, and his triple-bottom-line company has never directly advertised or marketed to children. He is a passionate advocate for a child’s right to live free of commercial exploitation. Recently, he sent an open letter to Rogers Wireless urging they stop marketing cellphones to kids, and turned down a Baby Beluga film proposal laden with exploitative advertising and merchandising.

Raffi has become a “global troubadour”, lecturing and networking to help create a viable future: a restorative, child-friendly world for ourselves and for those to come. His original philosophy, Child Honouring, is gaining support among eminent thinkers as a systemic remedy for addressing the major issues of our time. His Covenant for Honouring Children is widely circulated among child development, education, ecological economics and environmental health circles (available for download at Raffinews.com).

Advance tickets prices: $15 Regular $10 Students/Low-Income
At the door: $20
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Advance tickets in Halifax available for purchase at Just Us! FairTrade Shop & Coffee Bar 1678 Barrington St., P’lovers The Environmental Store 5657 Spring Garden St., and Outside the Lines: Books for Critical Minds Bookstore 6297 Quinpool Rd. in Halifax.
Advance tickets in Wolfville available for purchase at Just Us! Café, 450 Main Street, Wolfville Phone: (902) 542-7731

For more information or to order tickets by phone, please contact: Clare Levin, Genuine Progress Index Atlantic
Phone: (902) 489-2524 Email: clevin@gpiatlantic.org

Organized by Genuine Progress Index Atlantic and the Nova Scotia Environmental Network

Proceeds to support environmental and peace initiatives in Nova Scotia.

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