A Drop In The Ocean

This anti bullying video features Right Now Against Bullying National Spokesperson Becca Levy. Becca is covering Ron Pope's “A Drop In The Ocean.” The song was huge success for Ron Pope in 2009, going all the way to number 19 in the Billboard Charts. The tune also gained prominence in 2011 when Javier Colon performed the song to a worldwide audience on television’s The Voice.

The video was designed, animated, and produced by San Francisco, CA native and Rhode Island School of Design's Lauren Ashizawa. Lauren conceived and completed the work while she was an intern at Esente Music Group in Beverly Massachusetts during the fall of 2012. 

Ashizawa’s hard work did not go unnoticed. Especially my Becca Levy herself. The Washington DC native and anti bullying advocate said  “Lauren did a great job getting our message out in the most creative way I could imagine.” 

Right Now spokesperson Laura Kelly states, “ We are very lucky to have all this young talent available to us. Perhaps the best way to help effect change in young people is through other young people. This collaboration is a great example of the power of music and creativity. I am very proud of Becca and Lauren.

“This was a very cool collaboration. Combining the power of art and music proved to be an extremely powerful tool. The way Lauren incorporated her amazing illustration skills with the animation just blew me away ” says sixteen-year-old Levy. “As for the music I love Ron Pope and I love the song as well. I always thought we could incorporate the song into a video somehow to raise anti-bullying awareness."