Without Limits: Singing the Congregation’s Song

Sponsored by The Sisters of St Joseph of London, ON

The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery and Music that Makes Community are partnering together to create a playlist of songs for congregations and communities to sing and embody the work of repair and solidarity with Indigenous communities. Learn where the project started, what its end goals are, where we are in the process, and most importantly, SING!

The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery promotes an organizing model that recognizes the
interrelatedness of cultural and structural change, towards growing the movement for Indigenous justice. By commissioning and curating a playlist of new community singing songs intended to center the voices of Native activists and artists, we aim to support cultural change within people of the dominant settler culture. Our playlist is a cultural change resource, to speak the truth about our shared history and integrate the values and vision of decolonization. The Coalition invites congregations and singing communities to participate in singing these new messages for cultural change with our own voices and bodies. Singing in this community-building way is intended to help strengthen our shared commitments to engage the work of repair and structural change organizing with joy, connection, and renewed purpose.

Music that Makes Community (MMC) practices communal song-sharing that inspires deep spiritual connection, brave shared leadership, and sparks the possibility of transformation in our world. We offer resources, training, and encouragement in the dynamic power of singing to connect others and ourselves. Rooted in both Christian contemplative and activist traditions, MMC envisions a liberative culture that empowers individuals and communities to claim and use the power of singing to heal our spirits, nurture our common lives, and work for justice. We aspire to create spaces that are laboratories of learning, discovery, and communal joy.