A project centered on choosing joy and self love as a radical form of activism.
A feeling turned into a song.
A song turned into a video.
A video turned into a book.
A book turned into a movement.
The mission of project Happyvism is to activate & spread Joy throughout Black and Brown communities and beyond by embracing self love.
The story behind project Happyvism.
Educators Ryan Parker and Justis Lopez describe the thought process behind project #Happyvism.
Happyvism The Song
Rooted in the elements of Hip-Hop educators Ryan Parker and Justis Lopez bring you a song centered on love, peace, and Black & Brown boy Joy.
Happyvism
The Children’s Book
Inspired by the Happyvism song this book communicates the significance, necessity and power of embraced joy in the face of a world riddled with trauma and oppression specifically as it relates to Black and Brown bodies. Additionally, this book embraces the beauty and need for Black and Brown boy joy and emphasizes the fact that maintaining happiness about who you are and what you think, say and do in a world that consistently goes against the grain of your identity is a form of activism in itself hence: HAPPYVISM.
