2020 Challenge
“Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight!” – Bob Marley
Songs for Good exists to amplify the good through music.
We've launched the 2020 Challenge, a non-profit songwriting contest to amplify civic engagement movements in the 2020 election cycle. We are crowdsourcing new anthems to fuel participation in our partner movements, that crowds will roar from coast to coast before November 3rd, in-person or online.
Well before the current pandemic, we saw an opportunity to connect music and people power through a competition to create a new soundtrack for democracy. And in hundreds of conversations with organizations, musicians and regular folks, there was clear consensus: "yes, we need this."
Now with everyone physically isolated, music and solidarity are more important than ever. The rules are more important than ever. And who makes the rules is more important than ever.
It’s time to take action that matches the urgency and magnitude of the challenges we face — and our partner organizations are doing just that, mobilizing thousands of everyday Americans to fix what’s broken.
We decide the future, and the future is now.
Have you heard of the 3.5% Rule?
Nonviolent protests engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
So what do these changemakers need to reach that tipping point?
New anthems. That's where you come in.
Your voice is the future. Let’s hear it.
PARTNERS
MOVEMENT PARTNERS
Bringing together conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between to pass powerful anti-corruption laws that stop political bribery, end secret money, and fix our broken elections.
A national research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity by Lifting Up What Works.®
Sunrise is a movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process.
Access the Polls aims to make civic engagement accessible across all intersectional divides while making sure that disabled people feel comfortable and accounted for in all spaces.
Champions ideological diversity, promotes a solution-oriented political culture, and teaches constructive engagement in order to develop a generation of political leaders that value empathy and common purpose.
MUSIC/CREATIVE PARTNERS
BECOME A PARTNER
Want to be a partner organization? Send us a note!
We're seeking partners doing big things to shape our future for good - civic engagement and creative organizations striving to make our democracy more open, inclusive and collaborative. Because our challenges are too big for any other way.
Being a partner includes promoting the Challenge by encouraging submissions and getting your membership to participate in the second and third round vote. And then finally, vocalizing the anthems far and wide.
We’re open to other possibilities too, just reach out.
Ready to build and amplify a new soundtrack?
MUSIC INDUSTRY & ARTISTIC ADVISORS
TOMMY SHEPHERD, JR.
+ KAITLIN MCGAW
(ALPHABET ROCKERS)
Two-time
GRAMMY-nominated
Artists
CAMILO LANDAU
GRAMMY-nominated
Engineer / Producer
ZOE ELLIS
Singer / Songwriter / Educator
JACK PIATT
Director of Ops, Jammcard
& Film Producer
AUTUMN BREON
Art Advisor
& Consultant
BRAD DOLLAR
Producer, Engineer,
& Coach
OTHER ADVISORS
RACHEL METTER
Brand Strategist & Musician
JEFF GOLDE
Nonprofit Management Consultant & Professor
CHAS CASTELL
Digital Consultant & Musician
DIANE JOHNSON
Management Consultant
SELENA FELICIANO
Marketing Strategist & Musician
DARIUS BATES
Business Strategist & Musician
DEVIN MURPHY
Digital Media Strategist
JULIE TINKER
Designer & Musician
JOIN US
Want to join the team?
There are a number of immediate and meaningful opportunities for creative, collaborative changemakers who want to elevate our mission:
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DJs / Sound Engineers
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Composers
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Define your own role
If you’re interested in the bottom four, please email us your resume, LinkedIn profile and/or portfolio and include your availability through Election Day, November 3, as well as a few sentences about what’s inspiring you to apply.
We’re here to amplify the good.
A fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, Songs for Good is dedicated to amplifying the critical work of civic engagement movements through the universal language of song.
With our 2020 Challenge, we are crowdsourcing a new soundtrack for democracy.
TEAM
Nate Dewart
Catalyst & Co-Creator
Marjorie Ortiz
Ambassador Lead
Rebecca Lamis
Entertainment Liaison
JaQlyn Muñoz
Social Media Manager
Derek Ho
Strategist
Jason Ravitz
Contest Design
Alexis Meisels
Strategic Communications
Seth Marbin
Tech Lead
Stefanie Chung
Designer & Strategist
Tricia Choi
Designer
My Nguyen
Developer
Obi Orjih
Software Engineer
Phil Mandelbaum
Digital Marketing Consultant