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Episode 6 Preview | What You’re Here For

Season 1 Episode 6 | 30s

Singer Ruston Kelly meets Melissa Smith, who runs a performing arts program supporting intellectually disabled adults. Bonding over their pasts, Ruston writes a ballad celebrating Melissa's work and the good we can do when we realize our purpose.

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Ruston Kelly and Melissa Smith discuss how their pasts led them to where they are now.
Singer/songwriters Ruston Kelly and Kate York sit down to write a powerful song.
Singer Ruston Kelly writes an anthem to remind us of the good we can do for humanity.
Melissa Smith and volunteers introduce Backlight Productions.
Meredith McKinney collects and distributes books with African American protagonists.
Cam surprises the Black Book Project founder with an anthem urging us to act now.
Meredith McKinney and Cam discuss equal representation in children's literature.
Cam and Dre Williams sit down to write a song inspired by Meredith McKinney.
Cam surprises the Black Book Project founder with an anthem urging us to act now.
Lindsay Ell and Kristian Bush craft a song for a woman helping sexual assault survivors.
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