Our Mission
Empowering Incarcerated Voices
To give youth, incarcerated individuals, their families, and victims an outlet to express childhood and adult traumas through music.
Youth & Young Adult Incarceration
1000+
Crimes Committed
Non-fatal Shootings
750+
140+
Burglaries
Juveniles were sent to Adult Court
-Detroit, MI 2022
The Power of Music Therapy
Many people don’t realize the therapeutic power that music has, especially on our youth and young adults. Music has been proven to positively impact youth by boosting their mood, fostering self-expression, enhancing creativity, improving cognitive skills, promoting social connection, providing a means to manage emotions, and contributing to a sense of identity,
Incarcerated Story-Telling
Through this unmatched power of musical therapy M.O.T.I.V.E uniquely incorporates incarcerated adult stories of childhood trauma, adversity, and the challenges that ultimately led them to incarceration. Thier music, which is recorded over the phone then mixed and mastered by an engineer, then becomes the core data to be critically analyzed by youth/young adults who may be at-risk for incarceration.
Healing and Prevention
M.O.T.I.V.E combines the proven healing method of music with encouragement and real-life incarcerated storytelling, to discourage and decrease youth and young adult incarceration and recidivism.
MOTIVE MUSIC THERAPY
For The Incarcerated
MOTIVE MUSIC THERAPY
For The Incarcerated "In The Mind"
MOTIVE CRITICAL LISTENING
Workshops
Impact Stories
Voices of Transformation
Explore the transformative impact of our music therapy programs through the stories and experiences of individuals who have found healing and hope through MOTIVE.
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