About MeMA Music
Our Mission
We empower youth from underserved communities of all backgrounds and abilities through arts-integrated programs that use powerful music, literacy, and real-world learning to spark self-discovery, critical thinking, and creativity.
Our Team
We are teaching artists who design engaging, arts-integrated programs for youth—from middle school to young adulthood—blending music, literacy, history, civics, and more. In schools and community spaces, we help youth explore how the arts shape perspectives, spark dialogue, and reflect the world around them.
Our Goals
We equip youth with the skills to navigate today’s complex world, think critically, and engage meaningfully with their communities. Through the lens of timeless and powerful music, we explore literacy, history, society, and civics. In partnership with diverse schools and community organizations, we work to expand access to high-quality arts education across Chicago.
MeMA-Music empowers a new generation of leaders through the power of conscious music
For over a decade, MeMA-Music has brought transformative, arts-integrated programs to underserved communities across Chicago. We use powerful, conscious music with thought-provoking lyrics to ignite learning across history, civics, literacy, and social-emotional growth. By connecting timeless messages to real-world issues, our approach inspires critical thinking, empathy, and a deeper understanding of the world—and yourself. Participants closely analyze lyrics to uncover messages about history, society, and the world around them—learning how music has long served as a vehicle for truth-telling, resistance, and change.
Our programs consistently earn the praise of students, teachers, principals, parents, and community leaders. Youth who rarely participate begin to open up, reflect deeply, and engage fully—whether in classrooms or community spaces. Many don’t want the program to end, because what they gain goes far beyond the setting: they discover their voice, their agency, and a clearer path toward a brighter future.
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