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Cora's Blues Advocacy

Peace Be Still.

We help people who need help helping themselves — because it takes a village, and because meaningful work and real support are how communities heal.

At some point, a person will need a shoulder to lean on…

Find us at the Hungry Black Man Food Festival

Stop by our table for community resources — and to support the building fund.

Our mission

It takes a village.

Cora's Blues Advocacy exists to help individuals and families move toward stability and self-sufficiency — meeting people where they are, connecting them to real resources, and standing with them as they build something lasting for themselves.

We believe a community heals when it has both practical support and a safe place to be whole — mind, body, and spirit.

Community resources

Connecting neighbors to the help that's already out there — housing, work, and family support.

Personal accountability

Supporting people in doing the work of building their own stability, not doing it for them.

Music therapy

Using the blues — its honesty, its rhythm, its history of carrying people through — as a path to mental health and healing.

The sound of the mission

The blues carried people through. It still can.

Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, and the artists who built this sound turned hardship into something honest — that's the spirit behind our approach to music therapy. Press play and sit with it a while.

Give your time, space, or expertise

The village needs more than money.

Volunteer

Give your time and skills — outreach, events, admin, anything you're good at. Every set of hands helps us serve more people.

Donate a space

Have a room, hall, or venue you could offer for board meetings, community gatherings, or donation drives? We'd love to talk.

Music therapists

We're looking for non-traditional therapists who believe in the art of music therapy first, before modern medicine — practitioners who want to help build this approach with us.

Use the form below and let us know how you'd like to help — we'll follow up personally.

From the community

Live photos.

Cora Mae
Seleda Mae
Cora Mae
Seleda Mae
Photo coming soon
Photo coming soon

Black Tie Affair — New Year's

An evening to celebrate the mission in style. Details coming soon — stay tuned.

Get involved

Need help — or want to give it?

Tell us a little about your situation, and someone from Cora's Blues Advocacy will reach out.

I need help
I want to help