International Children’s Month June
International children love the power of love 2026
Voices of Mother Earth
International children love the power of love 2026
International Children's month is a year long, free thematic activity platform for all, with a mission of "Children across the planet in love, care and respect."
Our peak month is June
Our peak day is June 21st
A Global Year of Youth, Song, Choirs, Heart-Based Education, and the Child Rights Era.
Presented by:
The Power of Love Tour
The Center for Advancement in Heart-Based Education www.heartbaseded.org
In alignment with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
and global peace, culture, and environmental partners and SDG 14
and SDG 17
Presented by:
The Power of Love Tour
The Center for Advancement in Heart-Based Education www.heartbaseded.org
In alignment with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
and global peace, culture, and environmental partners and SDG 14
and SDG 17
Overview |
Celebrating our 12th year and 12th platform we are so happy to introduce the 2026 Voices of Mother Earth!
This is a year-long, global cultural and educational platform that elevates children and youth as singers, storytellers, leaders, and rights-holders. Through music, choirs, and heart-based learning, the platform amplifies childrens rights, and freedoms, along with a unifying aspect of music and of choirs through the song The Message from Mother Earth, while supporting the global completion and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, closing the long-standing gap in universal ratification and meaningful protection of children’s rights. International Children’s Month June, serves as the annual focal point—a global moment of celebration, advocacy, and collective commitment to children and future generations, with a peak day of June 21st. |
Core Intention |
To help usher in a Child Rights Era—one in which:
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How to use this years PLATFORM
1. The Message from Mother Earth
2. Global Youth Choir Network
- A spoken and musical cornerstone interpreted by youth choirs worldwide
- Expressed through diverse cultures, languages, and musical traditions
- Invites humanity into a renewed relationship with Earth and each other
2. Global Youth Choir Network
- Participation from school, community, Indigenous, refugee, and faith-based choirs
- Youth share performances, original compositions, and reflections
- Choirs connect across borders, modeling cooperation and peace
Please perform, record, and submit your video to [email protected], along with your consent for the video to be aired to an international audience. Thank you!
3. Heart-Based Education & Social-Emotional Learning
- Monthly themes including belonging, compassion, courage, collaboration, and care for Earth
- Creative prompts, reflection guides, and community actions
- Designed for classrooms, choirs, families, and learning spaces
4. The Child Rights Era Campaign - Launch of the Child Rights Era document as a unifying framework
- Supports the United Nations in completing ratification and implementation of the CRC
- Elevates children’s voices as central to discussions about their rights and futures
- Encourages governments, institutions, and communities to close gaps in protection, dignity, and wellbeing
This pillar bridges art, education, and policy, grounding love in action.
CALL TO ACTION
For Children & Youth
Sing. Speak. Be seen.
Share songs, stories, and reflections about what children need to thrive in a just and loving world.
For Educators & Choir Leaders
Teach with heart. Lead with courage.
Integrate music, emotional learning, and child rights awareness into curricula and community spaces.
For Families & Communities
Listen deeply. Advocate lovingly.
Engage with youth voices, learn about child rights, and support environments where children are safe and respected.
For The Peoples Of All Nations, in all Stations... the Power of Love.
Stand for children—now and always.
Support the Child Rights Era by advancing policies, partnerships, and protections aligned with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
THE OPPORTUNITY
More than two decades after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, gaps remain between commitment and reality.
This platform offers a compassionate, collaborative pathway forward—one that centers children not as symbols, but as rights-holders and co-creators of a world that works for all.
THE OUTCOME
By the end of the year, Voices of Mother Earth will have an album and video compilation, a strong global choir presence internationally for the ready for 2027:
ICM's GOAL THROUGH 2030
- Amplified youth voices on a global scale
- Increased awareness and momentum for full child rights implementation
- Strengthened emotional literacy and cross-cultural collaboration
- Created a living model of heart-based education aligned with global policy
- Helped catalyze the transition into a true Child Rights Era, micro community builds, new schools/wellness centers, community diversified and dignified infrastructure, a positive shift on renewable, and regenerative ways of living for all.
GUIDING MANTRA
When children sing, the Earth is heard.
When children are protected, the future is possible.
When love leads, humanity rises.
Preserve. Provide. Peace.
The new tour the power of love
2026-2030+
Some of The Leaders for 12 years holding down International Children's Month.
Lastly.A Public statement from International children's month co creator and director, Heidi little, m.ed:
The current system is responsible for arresting, murdering and endangering our children.
International children's relations are a disaster, an emergency disaster. we must take action as mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neices, nephews, brothers, sisters, and everything else alive. All life matters.
“Children are not protesting.
Children are not lobbying.
Children are documenting the conditions they are forced to live in.”
If you remember nothing else, remember this:
“When institutions fail to protect children, children have the right to document the conditions they are forced to live in.”
That is devastatingly clear.
Here at International Children's Month, our mission is and has always been "Children across the planet in love, care and respect." Let's ratify the UN Rights of the child here in America, and I personally thank all 180 other countries on earth for already doing so. We look forward to the advancement in the way we govern ourselves, our lives, our children's lives, the present and future generations success and health for all living things.
We can do better.
There is a 2nd document to hold accountable anyone we want in air, soil, and water accountability for our present and future generations. We move en mass on June 1st through the month, and into the coming years..
Peace, love and light all around,
Heidi Little, M . Ed
Director ICM, International Children's Month 2013-2026
Children are not lobbying.
Children are documenting the conditions they are forced to live in.”
If you remember nothing else, remember this:
“When institutions fail to protect children, children have the right to document the conditions they are forced to live in.”
That is devastatingly clear.
Here at International Children's Month, our mission is and has always been "Children across the planet in love, care and respect." Let's ratify the UN Rights of the child here in America, and I personally thank all 180 other countries on earth for already doing so. We look forward to the advancement in the way we govern ourselves, our lives, our children's lives, the present and future generations success and health for all living things.
We can do better.
There is a 2nd document to hold accountable anyone we want in air, soil, and water accountability for our present and future generations. We move en mass on June 1st through the month, and into the coming years..
Peace, love and light all around,
Heidi Little, M . Ed
Director ICM, International Children's Month 2013-2026