Community Empowerment
through Music
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
WorldWide Musicians United empowers local communities across the globe through music-centered projects and education.
On a spectrum from formal instruction to horizontal approaches—and larger regional projects to hyper-local activities in a small village—we recognize music as an incredibly powerful catalyst for engagement, expression, and community resilience.
Music-related activities play an impactful role in any development program. In schools, refugee camps, indigenous communities and beyond, we’re helping those we serve to acquire new knowledge and skills, while preserving and safeguarding their cultural legacies.
Program highlights and benefits:
- Fostering youth development and leadership
- Enhanced self-esteem, creativity, and overall quality of life
- Providing a platform for marginalized communities to express themselves and be heard
- Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Assistance with capacity building and organizational development of partner organizations
- Music as an instrument for peace and reconciliation through a community-based approach
- Improved educational outcomes; music education has been linked to better academic performance, particularly in subjects like math and science
GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS (2023)
This program currently concentrates its efforts in:
- The United States (see past/current examples below, and new initiatives here)
- East Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi, Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe)
- Andean States (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), Uruguay, and Brazil
WWMU’S COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA AND THE U.S.
Some examples:
- Music Therapy with Refugee Girls – In partnership with The Girls Academy and The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in San Diego
- Flower & Frequency – WWMU supported the California launch of this preventive healthcare venture and provided free meditation for the community
- Global Sound Healing Alliance – Aaron Kierbel’s RhythmALLogy is one of many U.S.-based participants in this WorldWide initiative begun in 2019
- In addition to partnering with other arts organizations across the state of California, WWMU has its own staff certified by UCLArts & Healing as a Beat the Odds® facilitator
Watch the video below to see more of this program in action all over the world.
INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US TO
EMPOWER YOUR COMMUNITY?
First, please take a look above to confirm that you meet the program’s requirements.
If you do (and we really hope you do), we are eager to hear from you!
You will just need to fill in a form and send us the relevant information about your community and/or organization.
We will get back to you as soon as possible with our feedback and the next steps to take. Thank you and we look forward to connecting!
Since you've come this far...
WWMU depends on individual and corporate donations to keep all of these activities, projects and programs running. We know you’re busy so we’ll just take a couple minutes of your time.
This is what we do: we provide guidance, resources, and professional-grade production services for musicians in need, so they can empower themselves and their communities through music and music education.
And we do it worldwide.
With your help, we can keep all of these initiatives open for all. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our work in significant ways.
Support WWMU from as little as $1 per month. Thank you!
