US Creative Work of the Week: puppets sing about inner city problems for Kansas City youth

There aren’t many children’s songs about how to tell if your parents are overdosing or how to avoid gunfire, but a campaign by VML has people humming along to tunes trying to teach youth in Kansas City these tough life lessons.
Since many people ignore urban problems like poverty, hunger, violence and drugs, to get the attention of potential donors for Kansas City Youth Ambassadors, VML and the organization had puppets sing and act out ‘Lessons from My Neighborhood.’ The