World Children’s Day, celebrated every November 20, is a natural occasion for children around the world to sing Larry Sagen’s We Are Your Children—and for adults to listen to what children want for their future. UNICEF describes the day as a global day of action “for children, by children,” focused on their rights and voices.
What World Children’s Day means
November 20 marks two important milestones: the United Nations’ adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. This year, World Children’s Day falls on November 20, 2026.unicef
The day is more than a celebration of children which makes the connection with the song especially appropriate: children should not simply perform for an adult audience; their performance can open a conversation in which adults hear their concerns and commit to action.
How Larry Sagen’s Song Connects
Sagen is a longtime advocate for young people who wrote We Are Your Children after a cancer diagnosis in 2025, intending it as a legacy. His stated vision is to have 10,000 choirs of children and young people singing for peace around the world in 2030. That is an aspiration, not a verified count of participating choirs.
Click below to hear the choir sing We Are Your Children
