Theomusicology and Cultural Arts
The Department of Theomusicology & Cultural Arts provides stirring and thoughtful music for campaigns as well as training for cultural arts and social justice advocates and leaders.
Through our MPOLIS (Moral Political Organizing Leadership Institute & Summit) trainings, we employ the principles of the moral fusion movement to teach the theory and practice of using diverse genres of music past and present as an organizing, empowering, and community building tool. Our goal is to bridge the commonalities between cultures and promote resistance art that speaks to the strength and power of a united and organized people.
For centuries, music has undergirded cultures, movements, and communities, and it continues to be the common thread that weaves through today’s movements for social change. From the spirituals of the abolition movement to the freedom songs of the civil rights movement to modern-day spirited songs like “Somebody’s Hurting My Brother” from the Forward Together Moral Movement, it is clear that music strengthens movements.
Our Theomusicology team leads the Moral Voices Justice Choir, which is made of state-based theomusicologists to support the work of the Poor People’s Campaign. In addition, we organize yearly national retreats for theomusicologists across the country and artists engaged or seeking to be engaged in social justice movements.
To learn more about trainings for theomusicologists and cultural arts leaders, please contact us today!
Open Call For Poster Art: Create A Poster To Help Build Power For The Moral Movement
If you are a visual artist who would like to use your gifts to help us communicate to the nation about the crisis of death by poverty and the need to dismantle interlocking injustices through the enactment of a Moral Agenda, then we need your help! We invite you to create a poster to support the Moral Movement. Click here to learn more.
