Activist Musician Accelerator
A ground-breaking collaboration among activist artists, social service organizations and community organizations to deepen the impact of innovative, music-driven programming - the first incubator of its kind for social change musicians and their communities.
For Musical Activists
Are you an artist with an idea for changing your community through music?
For Community Partners
Are you looking for creative, solution-oriented ways to revitalize your community?
For Supporters
Are you a supporter ready to activate new generations of musical change agents in service to our communities?
“Music opens the heart so the mind can learn.”
Music to Life founder, Noel Paul Stookey
How It Works
With Music to Life’s help, musicians and their allies across the country are developing projects like these:
Recovery Advocacy
Expressive healing exercises that mobilize parents of addicted children to overcome their grief and speak out
Environmental Justice
A hip hop environmental curriculum for elementary school kids
Human Dignity
Trust building & self-esteem circles for vets, homeless, and incarcerated women
Civil Rights
A community rediscovers its soul through a civil rights soundtrack & documentary film with multi-genre artists
Voices of Musical Activism
BeUVT: June 24, 2021
Music to Life & Big Heavy World
Launch BeUVT Celebration of
LGBTQIA Musicians and Advocacy
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2021
Time: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET
Location: Zen Barn in Water...
Brave Troubadours: May 20, 2021
Brave Troubadours
Immigration Advocacy
Special thanks to......for their support of our 2021 season!
DATE: Thursday, May 20, 2021
TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET
NOTE: Event will be LIV...
Brave Troubadours: April 22, 2021
Brave Troubadours
Brave Troubadours Earth Day
Generously underwritten by our dear friends, Jane and Bill Stetson
DATE: Thursday, April 22, 2021
TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET
NOTE: Ev...
Gina Chavez: Uplifting Oppressed Women in Latin America
Music and social activism have intertwined throughout Gina Chavez’s career as a Latinx bilingual folk-pop singer. Gina began writing music while living in Argentina. Later she spent eight mo...
Tem Blessed: Inspiring Youth to Fight for a Just & Healthy Planet
“Life, Liberation, and Hip Hop culture: this is why I make music. It’s more than music to me; it’s a movement. I make art to shine light and fulfill my purpose on this planet.”
Born in We...
Naima Shalhoub: Dignity and Meaning for Women in Prison
Naima Shalhoub is a Lebanese American vocalist, songwriter, and educator for social justice. A former educator in the public school system, Naima spent a year facilitating weekly “Music and ...
Each Accelerator’s ROI (Return on Investment) is measured through
Community Impact
Accelerator projects typically influence thousands of people in one or more of the following action areas:
Galvanize Supporters
Raise Awareness
Support Vulnerable Populations
