Knowing Where To Go To File Your Taxes For Free and Get Free Legal Tax Assistance

Tax season is right around the corner and we are preparing for the 2016 Tax season at Campaign for Working Families. i'm excited as always to be part of The Campaign for Working Families team as a resource to our community in assisting individuals, families, small businesses and veterans connect to resources, prepare and file their taxes. We have two new sites in Philadelphia and growing in New Jersey.

Find A Site Near You!!

Sites In New Jersey, Delaware and Montgomery County

You can also do your taxes online with us!!

Why am i so excited you might ask? Besides the fact that knowing and expanding my tax law understanding turns me on. We at Campaign for Working Families assist our tax payers by educating them on the tax credits, exemptions, penalties, and investing some of their refund by purchasing U. S. saving bonds. We also connect individuals to SNAP, LIHEAP, a US Bank Card, and Credit Counseling through Clarifi.

Even more exciting is new resources we are connecting our taxpayers to called an Individual Saving Account through The United Way. The IDA will match your savings dollar for dollar towards the purchase of a home, higher education or start a business.

United Way is a partner in the JOIN Collaborative, a partnership created to address the workforce crisis in our region.  While businesses in the region lack strong talent to fill critical jobs, a majority of the eligible workers are underemployed or not in the workforce at all. JOIN acts as the “matchmaker” between industry and the workforce, leading partnerships that train low-wage workers for high-demand, available positions.

Learn more about JOIN here.

In Philadelphia, two-thirds of the city’s existing jobs require skills possessed by only 50 percent of the workforce.

The FamilyWize Partnership

We know that good health is a building block of a strong community. Our health underpins our ability to thrive at home, at school and at work. That’s why United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) has partnered with FamilyWize to provide free prescription discount cards across the region.

FamilyWize cards immediately lower the cost of prescriptions for people without insurance or who take medications not covered by their plan. Discounts vary, but on average, card holders receive significant savings. UWGPSNJ is part of 1,000 United Ways across the country that have already helped residents nationwide save more than $600 million in direct savings on prescriptions since 2005.

FamilyWize cards are available to everyone in the community, regardless of location, current health benefits like Medicaid or Medicare or lack of insurance. No paperwork is needed; just print the card and present it at your local pharmacy!

Obtaining a card is easy and can be done in a number of ways:

• Visit www.FamilyWize.org to print a card, look up drug prices and find a list of participating pharmacies.
• Download the FamilyWize app to have all the features of the website at your fingertips.
• Text the word “Family” to 700700. An electronic free prescription card will be sent to your phone to show your pharmacist.

Lazlo Beh
1.888.541.1544
lbeh@philalegal.org

But wait just wait, life gets a bit juicer for me!! Our taxpayers who have back taxes that keep them from getting ahead are now able to seek relief of those tax burdens. Not talking about student loan debt, nor child support, just back taxes. The IRS has several programs that our tax payers may qualify for at Philadelphia's Low Income Tax Clinic. At The Low Income Tax Clinic they assist with legal issues and will refer you to The Campaign for Working Families to file your taxes.

Okay so i just shared with you money saving, dollar stretching, financial empowerment!! Please become a resource and share the information!! We open In Philadelphia, January 23rd. You can also learn to assist families file their taxes, please consider joining our great exciting team by becoming a volunteer!!

Basic & Advanced Trainings @ Temple University - For most volunteers, especially those new to VITA, we are offering 8 training opportunities in the month of January to ensure everyone has the opportunity to get trained. This year, at Tuttleman Hall on Temple's main campus, we will be conducting both Basic and Advanced trainings on January 14th, 16th (MLK Day), 21st and 28th from 8:30am to 5pm. To sign up, CLICK HERE.

Emlen Parents and Staff Are Building Together Please Join Us!!

Emlen elementary is a great resource connecting parents and community partners in the Northwest Philadelphia area of Mt. Airy. We are working on getting more parents and community partners to be part of our School Advisory Council. The School Advisory Council is important when allocating resources for our students, educators and families. Douglas Evan from Philadelphia Town Watch signed up to be a community partner and i signed up as a parent partner. We are in need of three more parents and one more community partner to join the staff on our SAC.

Melanie Oeun-Greenhalgh noeun@philasd.org  is our parent partner from the district. Melanie informs us of what the SAC is and how Home and School is different from the SAC. She also provides parent workshops that assist parents with their students development. Melanie will join us January 23rd 2017 at 9am for Prinicpal Thomas "Pastry with the Principal" to share with us SAC, Home and School, and other resources and workshops for parents. Douglas Evan from Philadelphia Town Watch will also be in attendance to inform us all about creating a Emlen Safe Corridor.

On febuary 2nd Melanie will host "Fun with Sight Words" for parents 9am and 4pm.

Febuary 15th and 16th Meet Your Students Teacher during report card conference and we would like for parents to cast their Home and School ballots. We have three candidates for president, two for vice president, one for treasure and we are in need for a parent to run for seceraty.

Are you getting the robo calls? If not can you please update your contact info at the main office.

Please read with your students for 20 minutes each night. Here are 9 ways a Parent can help their students with reading:

1. Let your youth see you reading!
2. Help your child find appropriate reading and word games online. Keep a dictionary on hand and help your baby look up words. 
3. Read mysteries with your child and try to figure out the clues together.
4. movie verison coming out? Read the book together first, then talk about which you each liked better.
5. Set aside a time and place for your child to read. Like a comfy chair and a reading light in a quite place.
6. Visit the public library regularly. Look for and read toghether the books that were your favorites when you were a younger.
7. Encourage your child to write, letters, thank you notes, emails, journals, lists, stories, events and daily life.
8. Ask you youth questions about what he or she is reading, such as: What is the story about? Who are the important people in the story? Where does the story take place? Why do you think that person made that choice? What do you think will happen next? How did you know about ....? Would you recommend this book to your friends?
9. Ask your youth to draw a comic strip about what happens in the story. Provide word searches, crossword and other word games and puzzles, or help your child make his/her own.

Share with your youth about what you are reading..... and encourage your youth to do the same!!

Diverse and Inclusive Schools in Theory and Practice 

The School District of Philadelphia Community Forum

Tuesday, January 17th 2017

5-7:30pm

440 N. Broad Street

Come join an informative panel discussion, visit information tables and on-site immigration lawyers. Express your concerns and receive answers on the following topics:

1. Immigration
2. Equal Opportunity
3. Public Safety & More

Interpretation services and childcare will be offered, reservation preferred www.phil

asd.org/face/meeting 215.400.4180 ext 4

Family Leadership & Advocacy Workshop

 This workshop will focus on the Importance of Advocacy, how "Your Story is Your Power" and provides Outreach and Networking tools to help families learn to be the best ADVOCATES and champions for thier youth's education.

The School District of Philadelphia District Wide Family Engagement Workshop Series
January 25th 2017
10am and 5pm
440 N. Broad St. 215.400.4180 ext 5
www.philasd.org/workshops

Refreshments, Interpretation and Childcare will be providie.

FREE Self-Advocacy Training

Facilitated by Self Advocates United as 1 (SAU1)

Starting or Strengthening a Self-Advocacy Group

Individuals with autism are invited to attend this training to learn more about
self-advocacy and how to start and maintain a self-advocacy group.
Individuals must be at least 18 years old to attend.  Family members and/or
Direct Service Providers are welcome to accompany you.

The Cast Iron Building
718 Arch Street, 6th Floor North
Philadelphia, PA 19106
 

Please RSVP by Friday, January 13, 2017

If you would like to be a part of this training or have questions, please RSVP by phone at (215) 571-4298 or by email at phillyap@drexel.edu by January 13th, 2017.

Inauguration 2017

Donald Trump and his nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, have proven themselves to be enemies of the public schools. Neither Trump nor DeVos went to or sent their children to public schools. Their policies are meant to benefit the 1% and increase profits for their friends -- not work to give our children, particularly Black and Brown children, the education they deserve and need.

On Thursday, January 19th, the day before inauguration day, communities all across the United States will come together for a national day of resistance to Trump’s education policies. Join the Our City Our Schools coalition to protect our students, our schools and our communities from Donald Trump in Philadelphia -- RSVP here!

We will come together to launch our resistance to Trump’s education plans over the next four years. We demand: local control of our schools and the abolishment of the School Reform Commission, corporations like Wells Fargo pay their fair share for education and our schools become sanctuary spaces against deportations and racism.

Join us on Thursday, January 19th for two actions:

3:30 PM: Fund Schools Not Wall Street at City Hall (15th and Market) to demand Wells Fargo pay their fair share back to the Philadelphia Schools: RSVP here!

4:00 PM: Education Not Deportations at Philadelphia School District (440 N Broad) to demand Philadelphia schools become sanctuary spaces against deportations, racism and bullying.

Both actions will end together at 440 N Broad St: RSVP here! And share your friends on this Facebook event as well!

We know that getting our kids the education they deserve will take consistent organizing and action. Our schools need to be locally controlled, to be funded, to be safe against racist attacks. Join us on Thursday, January 19th to begin our resistance to Trump's education agenda.

See you there,

Arielle Klagsbrun on behalf of Our City Our Schools

PS -- Sign the petition to make our schools sanctuary spaces. We are trying to get to over 1000 signatures by January 19th!

PPS -- There’s lots more happening during this inauguration week. Be sure to check out www.PhillyWeRise.com to see the full list of events!

What's on your agenda for Friday, January 20th 2017? If you are upset with the politics in our country like most then i have a feeling you are planning to be in D.C. January 20th and 21st to protest our new president. Here are several group that will be hosting bus rides that must be paid for by the 10th and a host of other events.

For bus tickets from Philadelphia to Washington, DC for the January 20th Counter-Inaugural protest being organized by #J20RESIST use the link below.  Tickets are $30 round trip.  At this point the bus is scheduled to leave Philadelphia at 4AM from 29th & JFK.  Please note that this time may change.

If you are going plan to have extra funds for DC Metro tickets.

Deadline to purchase tickets is January 10, 2017.

How to purchase:  Buy through Paypal using PhillyActivists@gmail.com or 

http://www.workers.org/j20/organize/#philly

Tickets can also be purchased by check to Philadelphia Activists Initiatives, PO Box 34249, Philadelphia, PA 19101.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20: Inauguration Day

At 10:00 AM, DSA will protest the inauguration. We will meet at McPherson Square by the CVS at the northwest corner of the square (1500 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005) along with other groups to stand against Trump during the inauguration. RSVP on Facebook here.

Closest Metro station: McPherson Square (Orange, Blue and Silver Lines) Closest bus stations: K St NW & 15th St NW (Metrobus lines 3Y, 16Y, 80, D1, D4, and D6), I St NW & 15th St NW northbound and westbound/H St & Madison PL NW southbound and eastbound (11Y, 30N, 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, P17, P19, S4, X2 eastbound, W13 northbound), H St NW & 16 St NW (X2).

Afterwards, from 5:00 until 7:00 PM, national DSA members will be meeting for dinner at Young Chow Asian restaurant (312 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003). Light food will be provided.

Closest Metro station: Capitol South (Blue, Orange and Silver Lines) Closest bus stations: Independence Ave SE & 2nd St SE eastbound/Pennsylvania Ave SE & 3rd St SE westbound (Metrobus lines 30N, 30S, 32, 36), E Capitol St & 3rd St (97)

At 8:00 PM we will attend Jacobin Magazine's anti-inauguration event at Lincoln Theatre (1215 U St NW Washington, DC 20009). Get your tickets here - they're going fast!

Closest Metro station: U Street (Green and Yellow Lines) Closest bus stations: U St NW & 13th St NW (Metrobus lines 90, 92, 96 and X3), 11th St NW & W St NW (64), 14th St & U St (52, 53, 54)

(Credit: Colleen Tighe)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21: Women’s March

At 10:00 AM, DSA will join the Women’s March on Washington at Independence Avenue & Third Street SW.

Closest Metro stations: Federal Center SW (Blue, Orange and Silver Lines), L’Enfant Plaza (Green, Yellow, Blue, Orange and Silver Lines), Judiciary Square (Red Line) Closest bus stations: 4th St SW & Independence Ave SW (Metrobus line P6), Independence Ave SW & 1st St SW eastbound/Independence Ave SW & Washington Ave SW westbound (30N, 30S, 32, 34, 36, 39)

After the march, from 3:00 until 5:00 pm, we will gather at Duffy’s Irish Pub (2106 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001). Light food will be provided.

Closest Metro station: U Street (Green and Yellow Lines) Closest bus stations: U St NW & Vermont Ave NW northbound and westbound / U St NW & 9th St NW  southbound and eastbound (Metrobus lines 90, 92, 96 and X3), Vermont Ave NW & U St NW (63), 11th St NW & U St NW (64), Georgia Ave NW & V St NW southbound/ Georgia Ave NW & W St NW northbound (70)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22

At 3:30 PM at MLK Library (901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001:  Room A-5 in basement), DC DSA will hold their monthly chapter meeting for both DC members and out-of-towners.

Closest Metro stations: Gallery Place (Green, Yellow and Red Lines), Metro Center (Blue, Orange, Silver and Red Lines) Closest bus stations: 9th St NW & G St NW (Metrobus line X2), H St NW & 9th St NW (42, 80, P6, X2 and X9), 11th St NW & G St NW northbound /11th St  NW & F St NW southbound (42, 63, 64, P6, P17, P19, S4, and W13), 7th St NW & H St NW (70, 74 and 79)

After the meeting, we will gather for drinks and food at a nearby restaurant.

Then, at 7:00 pm, we will be going to Busboys and Poets - Brookland location (625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC 20017) for a show by the group Street Fight Radio. Get tickets for $10 here!

Closest Metro station: Brookland-CUA (Red Line)

In solidarity,

If you can't make D.C. there will be a woman's march here in Philly and other cities across the U.S.

www.wmow-phila.com 

Register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-march-on-philadelphia-tickets-30073313089

Donate:
https://www.crowdrise.com/womens-march-on-philadelphia/fundraiser/philly-womenrally

Women’s March on Philadelphia - Vision and Intent

On Saturday, January 21, 2017, Philadelphia will unite with Washington, D.C. and over 150 cities around the world for the historic Women’s March. We stand together in the birthplace of our nation, united with our partners, friends and children for the protection of our civil liberties, civil rights, and equality. Regardless of race, gender, age, ethnicity, religious affiliation, political party, immigration status, sexual identity or orientation, we come together in Philadelphia to represent the fabric of America, to voice our concerns, and to peaceably express our grievances:

1. As female citizens, we are often marginalized into antiquated roles that do not reflect our intersectionality or our diverse natures. To define the role of a woman or girl in today's society requires far more than a mere 140-character limit. We strive to bridge the divide within womankind, and fight for women’s equality for all women.
2. We must unify to shed light on the need for long overdue awareness of gender equality and basic human rights:
a) Legal protections ensuring sovereignty for all women over their bodies and health choices must be implemented.
b) Equal pay cannot be only lip service, but clear, comprehensive state and federal law.
c) Religious freedom, one of the cornerstones of our country’s founding principles, must not be mutated into sanctioned discrimination, but rather upheld to enable all Americans the freedom to practice and discuss their beliefs in whatever method they choose.
d) Family leave for parents must become reality for all to thrive in their careers, and meaningfully impact today’s society and future generations.

The Women’s March on Philadelphia recognizes the vibrancy and diversity of our communities as our country’s most important strengths. We refuse to normalize targeted discrimination disguised as policy, and invite you to join us in taking the next steps to demand a real and lasting change.

Are You Sick of Politics As Usual? Do You Want Fair Elections? Let's Talk #RankChoiceVoting!!

The United States of America is in a major uproar after a t.v. reality star with no background in practicing American law has become Commander in Chief of our country. The private sector has been wrecking the laws of this land for some time now mainly because they don't want to be held accountable for their illegal activities toward the general public but want the public resources. On my facebook page people are upset that those cheating democrats lost. These people are so use to rape culture that they can't see past the b.s. dangling in front of them.

How did we get to this point? You can read "Merchant of Grains" by Dan Morgan to get a better understanding of the behind the scenes on how we have become such a disrespectful country. Or you can do the research to explore people, culture and our government as i have been doing for the past five years!!

How do we get pass this point of finger pointing and not taking responsibility for our actions? People have a right to feel anxious and need to vent those feelings. Social media is a great platform for venting and having conversations around the anger that can help open the possibility of creating a better voting system. Half the country didn't vote in the 2016 election because they don't feel as if their vote matters. The electoral college is now under attack by the voters who did vote only for their vote not to matter. So there is a push to rid us of the electoral college, but wait there is another problem with rigged elections in our country. The two party system don't represent the people, they represent the private sector attacking public resources.

As Americans, we expect our voices to be heard, our views to be respected, and our votes to truly count.
Too often gridlock, low turnout elections, and increased polarization are preventing American democracy from living up to the expectations of its citizens. It’s easy to see that something is broken in American politics. It’s harder to figure out why – or how to move forward. We examine some of the most pressing problems in American democracy and discuss ways to address these issues.
http://www.fairvote.org/

We can bring people back into the voting process with #RankChoiceVoting. Rank Choice Voting aka Instant Runoff voting was introduced to me while covering a Green Party 2016 election rally in Philadelphia. The process of rank choice voting allows voters to choose the candidates that they would like to see hold office versus voters only being able to see the two major corporate parties pretending to work for the people. Our vote would matter and would allow for better representation of the people in the political office. Please sign the petitions for Congress to pass the Voter's Choice Amendment!!

Thursday night’s FiveThirtyEight podcast discussed Question 5 on the ballot in Maine – the option to adopt ranked choice voting (RCV) for elections in the state starting in 2018. As the team pointed out, it is especially relevant to Maine, given no Governor has been elected with a majority of the vote since 1998 – indeed, this has happened in 9 of the last 11 races. 
http://www.fairvote.org/fivethirtyeight_looks_at_ranked_choice_voting_in_maine

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2016/11/10/maine-became-the-first-state-in-the-country-to-pass-ranked-choice-voting

I'm Not Scared To Vote!!

The 2016 Presidential election is taking a toll on the people of the United States of America. The conversations that are produced because of the candidates that are running is adding sparks to a revolution of the people tired of politics as usual. The voters that i'm describing are not falling for the fear tactics and avoidance of real issues by show stoppers. The curtains are coming down thanks to courageous voters and independent candidates taking the risk of having Donald Trump as president by voting for Jill Stein. Voting for Jill Stein helps get the Green Party on the 2020 Presidential ballot. This accomplishment would move our country to serve the people of our country and world and not the greedy ruthless corporations just looking out for themselves.

The ill pathways that have led to becoming president of our country is coming to light and voters don't want to vote because these voters don't know or understand about the political revolution taking place. i hear democrats on their cell phones concerned about the wikileaks and not wanting to risk their vote on the democratic candidate. The laws of this country have always worked in their favor and these voters may not vote in this election because they have no legislation fears nor do they connect to the political revolution because of social status versus human connections. Many of the voters who are impacted by legislation designed to control them are to busy to get involved with the research of what is going on in our communities, let alone the political arena. In Philadelphia our public transit system is on strike. The police in Kesington reportedly love the strike because crime is down along the El train route. But those who are focused on winning this election is concerned that the working class won't have time to vote because they will be focused on getting to work on time and to exhausted to get to the polls if they are able to get out of traffic in time to vote. The Septa strike and going to work is perfect example of the stresses in life that prevent voters from being involved in daily civic responsibilities.

We as no fear advocates are waking up and not accepting unscrupulous people leading our country into wars, famines, Climate rise and mental health stress. The #NoFearAdvocates of our world are informing the frustrated with politics as usual with what is going on in the #PoliticalRevolution. More and more voters are understanding their power to have a meaningful vote. Please if you are able to make to the polls, please go and vote for a United States of America that works for the people by people. We have nothing but the two evils to lose!!

Emlen Parents and Community Call To Action

Parents and Community partners are needed to help Emlen be the great safe school that we want in our community. We recently received recognition from Councilman Allan Dombs for our great achievements at Emlen yet for some reason the school district of Philadelphia has decided to cut our resources. The cut of these much needed resources hinders our ability to support our students needs and achievements. We need parents and community members to call the school district with our concerns for smaller classroom sizes and support services. Many of our classrooms are at capacity or over capacity with a waiting list to get into our school. We had three kindergarten and first grade classrooms last year but this year with our growing demand for these class levels we only have two classrooms for each level not to mention that one of our special needs educator was taken away from us a couple of weeks ago. Our educators are stressed to the max. i was in the office and was able to see to many of our special needs families in the office due to lack of support in the classrooms.  

The partnership between parents, educators and community members were successful in getting the permanent crossing guard back on the corner of Chew Ave. and Sharpnack Street. But more work needs to be done to ensure our families are able to safely get to and from school. Cars ignore the crossing guard and may be because the light signal cautioning a school crossing is too close to the crossing path and needs to be moved down some to give drivers ample time to change the speed of their driving. 

We are hosting a press conference Wednesday, November 9th at the corner of Chew Ave. and Sharpknack Street, 2:45-3pm, to address our concerns for classroom sizes and support services along with adjustments to the school crossing signal. We are asking parents and community partners to please join us for this press conference and please also speak at the next School Reform Commission meeting Thursday, November 17th 5pm.

Instructions to Register to Speak

To register to speak at a regularly scheduled or special meeting, call the Office of Parent, Community, and Family Engagement at 215-400-4180 no later than 4:30 PM on the business day immediately preceding the meeting at which you wish to address the SRC.

 The procedures for addressing the SRC are as follows:

•  Individuals must register in their own name and cannot register on behalf of someone else;
•  Individuals representing an organization must identify that organization at the time they register, and no more than one representative of an organization can register to speak at a single meeting;
• Individuals must give their name, address, daytime telephone number, and the subject on which they intend to address the SRC;
•  Individuals must bring seven written copies of their comments with them to the meeting;
•  Individuals may speak for no more than three minutes;
• No more than six individuals on the same side of an issue will be permitted to speak, though an unlimited number of individuals may leave written comments for the SRC to review;
•  Individuals will be ruled out of order if they attempt to comment or complain about the conduct or performance of a particular School District employee and will be directed to address their comments to the appropriate School District administrator;
•  Individuals will be ruled out of order if they attempt to make any remarks of a personal nature regarding any other individual, whether or not that person is present; and
• Individuals will be ruled out of order and asked to leave the meeting if they use any vulgar or profane language.

Additionally, you may submit comments to the SRC in writing by mail or deliver them to the SRC office located at 440 North Broad Street, Suite 101, Philadelphia, PA 19130.

We may need to attend the 14th District townhall to further express our concerns for the crossing signals to be moved to a location that gives ample caution to our crossing paths.

Tues Nov 15 @ 6:00 PM (3^rd Tues monthly)

14^th Distr Captain's Townhall  Townwatch Community Meeting

43 W Haines St.

Capt Sekou Kinenebrew

http://www.phillypolice.com

We are also in need of a home and school association. Hopefully we can recruit parents from the FAST program and press conference. If you are interested in forming a home and school please contact Principal Thomas with your information. Community partners are welcomed to join!! 

"The Orchestra Moves" Emlen Elementary November 1, 2016

What an exciting field trip exploring how music moves and moves us when we listen to the music. The Please Touch Museum partnered with The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of the Carnegie Hall The Orchestra Moves educational series. The Orchestra Moves is an interactive partnership promoting all the components of an orchestra and helps educators and students grades 3 - 5, connect to great hands on learning of musical instruments and terminology via classroom introduction to the orchestra, study of music, online resources and field trips.  i had the honor of chaperoning with Emlen music teacher Mr. Leiby, during a visit to the Kimmel Center where we participated in The Orchestra Moves.

The students had the chance to explore the lobby of the Kimmel center as we waited to be seated. We stood next to an art exhibit called Dinning table by Michael Beitz. i explained to our students why the artist created the table and asked the students what did they feel when looking at the table. Some said that the table created anger because they would be mad if they were sitting at a table and couldn't see the person sitting on the opposite end of the table. Pretty cool how art starts the conversation of emotions and how those emotions can be moved. 

One young lady mentioned that she is learning to play the Cello and was looking forward to seeing the concert. She connected when the Cello section was introduced. Our students were engaged before and after the performance with questions enhancing the learning of the orchestra which came across two screens. During the performance we also participated with the songs when prompted. We all were able to experience Tempo and get a better understanding of how music moves during the Philadelphia Orchestra rendition of In The Hall of The Mountain King. We used our hands to act as windshield wipers, we marched in place, did shoulder shrugs and bent our knees at various speeds when prompted. 

Great scaffolding on music use and terminology accomplished with this partnership. You can bring the orchestra to your school or group by creating an account with Carnegie Hall.