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We Sing for Justice

Justice Choir is a template to encourage more community singing for social and environmental justice. Designed around our Justice Choir Songbook, our goal is a grassroots movement to engage in the empathetic, collaborative, and collective power of singing together to create change.

The Justice Choir Songbook is a powerful new collection of songs for the issues of our time, and includes 43 new and re-purposed songs selected from a national Call for Scores. Made possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church of Minneapolis and many generous songwriters, the Songbook was co-edited by Abbie Betinis, Ahmed Anzaldúa, and Tesfa Wondemagegnehu. We hope you use the Justice Choir Songbook to help you and your community raise your voices together for change, equity, love, and peace.

Social Justice
Environmental Justice

Team

Who We Are

Abbie Betinis

Executive Director & Songbook Co-Editor

Tesfa Wondemagegnehu

Justice Choir-Twin Cities founder & Songbook Co-Editor

Ahmed Fernando Anzaldúa

Justice Choir Songbook Co-Editor

Chapters

Justice Choir chapters lead community events in their local area, and teach others how to sing and lead a variety of songs. More like a civic organization than a typical musical ensemble, a Justice Choir chapter’s programming and messaging revolve primarily around local issues and the urgency of current events. Chapters might use the Songbook as a springboard for empathetic community conversation, partner with other local organizations to bring singing into the movement, or mobilize “pop-up” style to lead group singing at marches, rallies, state buildings, vigils, or anywhere a marginalized sector might need a bigger voice.

Start a Chapter

Apply

Download our guide, send us your application, and we’ll get you the tools to get your chapter started.

Plan

Start planning your Chapter launch event and set up your social media profiles to recruit singers.

Launch

Invite friends, family, and community to connect with the choir at your first event!

Sing

Utilize the songbook and the connections you’ve created to promote social change through song.

Contact

We Want to Hear from You

Justice Choir

PO Box 4842
St Paul, MN 55104

justicechoir@gmail.com