Yara Allen, Director of Cultural Arts, Repairers of the Breach and Co-Director of Cultural Arts, Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Yara Allen, Director of Cultural Arts, Repairers of the Breach and Co-Director of Cultural Arts, Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Yara Allen, Director of Cultural Arts, Repairers of the Breach and Co-Director of Cultural Arts, Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Members of the Moral Voices Justice Choir. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Members of the Moral Voices Justice Choir. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Yara Allen, Director of Cultural Arts, Repairers of the Breach and Co-Director of Cultural Arts, Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Members of the Moral Voices Justice Choir. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Bishop William J. Barber, II and Yara Allen, Director of Cultural Arts, Repairers of the Breach and Co-Director of Cultural Arts, Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.

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!

Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Members of the Moral Voices Justice Choir. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Members of the Moral Voices Justice Choir with Poor People's Campaign National Co-Chair, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Yara Allen, Director of Cultural Arts, Repairers of the Breach and Co-Director of Cultural Arts, Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis with Yara Allen, Director of Cultural Arts, Repairers of the Breach and Co-Director of Cultural Arts, Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.
Yara Allen, Director of Cultural Arts, Repairers of the Breach and Co-Director of Cultural Arts, Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Photo courtesy of Repairers of the Breach.

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