Philadelphia City Council just passed a resolution to support the Living Wage for Musicians Act! Streaming giants like Spotify are a billion dollar a year industry, yet continue to refuse to pay artists fairly! We need the LWMA now, more than ever! Follow the link in our bio / story to contact your representatives and tell them to support the LWMA! And join UMAW to help get the LWMA passed in your city's council to show Congress that we mean business! 💪💪💪
Shoutout to PHL Councilmembers @nicorourkephl & @kendraphlcouncil for bringing this resolution before Philadelphia City Council!
UMAW stands with Minneapolis students in calling for a national day of action tomorrow, January 30th. Text “organize” to 88504 for your walkout toolkit, and scroll for a few actions happening in NYC, LA, Chicago, Philly, and Detroit. Find what’s happening in your area! 💪
Happy 2026! It’s a great day to become a UMAW member. We have sliding scale dues and a dues waiver form available. Join today and get involved with our subcommittees and campaigns all working to build a better, fairer, and more just music industry 💪❤️
Thanks again to everyone who came out to the training last week and to @gods.automatic.body for being amazing hosts! It was so great meeting all of you and learning together. We were able to raise $175 for @vamos_juntos_ ! Please let us know what kinds of trainings you would like to see in the future. Anyone who is interested in getting more involved with UMAW- please reach out! We would love to have you :)
TOMORROW! DJ @sad13 will be setting the mood at @gods.automatic.body as we learn to protect our neighbors from 🧊 with a training provided by Juntos volunteers! Bring a blank light colored t-shirt! Bring an old zine/book/lp/cd/tape to take part in our MySteRy PhYsiCaL MeDiA eXcHaNge! Bring your hope for a better future! Bring your hope to win a copy of @lizpelly ‘s MOOD MACHINE in our raffle! Bring a mask 😷! 7 pm!
Photo by @joo.lee.yette
Test printing this design for the BYO shirt printing at next week’s event! Bring a light colored shirt/surface, we’ll be using black ink!
UMAW Philly is excited to present an 🧊 watch training for our music community at @gods.automatic.body on Nov 18th, 7 PM. Musicians, music workers, and music enjoyers are encouraged to attend- the idea is that learning in familiar spaces with peers makes organizing more approachable! This event will be masked with air filtration provided by UMAW Philly! Bring a friend, a piece of physical media you are ready to trade in for something new, and a blank shirt and join us! DJ set by @sad13 ! If you are lookin for the address- ask a punk :,)
UMAW Philly is excited to present an 🧊 watch training for our music community at @gods.automatic.body on Nov 18th, 7 PM. Musicians, music workers, and music enjoyers are encouraged to attend- the idea is that learning in familiar spaces with peers makes organizing more approachable! This event will be masked with air filtration provided by UMAW Philly! Bring a friend, a piece of physical media you are ready to trade in for something new, and a blank shirt and join us! DJ set by @sad13 ! If you are lookin for the address- ask a punk :,)
We’re all buzzing from the first ever Start Here!
A big thank you to everyone who helped make this event possible and everyone who came out! Shout out to @mudfroot , @adultmomband and @pinkvvash for making an evening of community organizing fun and meaningful. Ava gave an amazing training and everyone who attended spent some time getting to know @safephila , @communityactionreliefproject , @the_everywhere_project , and @phillysra . Through community effort we were able to make this a fully masked show in 2025!!! We are so excited to do this again- stay tuned! Our hearts are full :>
Photos by @hthrjns.wav
we have been planning a very special show!
🅢🅣🅐🅡🅣 🅗🅔🅡🅔
🫂 this sunday 8/3 @philamoca 🫂
@umawphilly is teaming up with @communityactionreliefproject (CARP) to bring you a night of live music and harm reduction skill sharing. get involved and learn about local orgs doing vital community safety work!
* live sets from @pinkvvash , @adultmomband (solo), and @mudfroot (ft. mems of CARP)
* overdose reversal training from CARP
* harm reduction + mutual aid orgs tabling including @safephila & @the_everywhere_project $15 advance / $10-$20 sliding scale at the door / NOTAFLOF
WE KEEP US SAFE!
$ raised at the door will be split between CARP and the bands, with a small cut going back to UMAW Philly to fund future Start Here shows
please come to this show if you live in Philly! this is a special one!!!
poster by @izzytrueforever
@communityactionreliefproject is the featured org at the first ever Start Here! event. CARP will be providing an overdose prevention training in the middle of the show. Start Here! is a show series put together by @umawphilly to help connect community with political organizers in Philly through music. If you don’t know where to begin, you can Start Here!
Stay tuned for info on the other great orga who will be tabling Sunday!
