Youth Development

The Native American After School Art Program (NAASAP) will unite Native American youth and assist them in developing skills and perspectives that will result in an increased knowledge and sense of pride in their cultural identity. Through community...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Kuumba Lynx seeks to provide access to programs that preserve, promote and present urban arts & culture. It focuses on empowerment, health and creative literacy. Kuumba Lynx seeks to empower youth and their communities by employing Hip-Hop...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Arts for Global Development, Inc.. is an international, educational, volunteer-based initiative with a purpose of furthering interdisciplinary, multisectoral, cross-cultural, and creative approaches to social change. It facilitates the creative...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Battery Dance Company connects the world through dance. We pursue artistic excellence and social relevance by creating vibrant new works, performing on the world’s stages, presenting dance in public spaces, serving the field of dance and teaching...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
The International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC) Judith Marcuse Projects (JMP) and Simon Fraser University have partnered to establish the International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC), the first of its kind in North America. ICASC...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
California Poets in the Schools is the largest writers-in-schools program in the nation. While encouraging youth self-expression through creative writing and art, the program also seeks to foster cultural diversity by utilizing multicultural...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
El Puente — Spanish for The Bridge — is a community-based organization that engages youth and adult members in the arts, education, public health, environmental justice and social action programs. Founded in 1982 on the Southside of Williamsburg, El...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Youth of Nations: Project of the Arts, Inc. provides funding, sponsorship, positive life-style and recreational programs, and free-of-charge services to local South Florida artists and to emerging artists from throughout the globe, as well as to at-...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Santa Barbara Poet-Teachers (SBPT) is an independent educational organization that places poet-teachers in the classrooms of both public and private schools in Santa Barbara County. Our goal is to nurture a knowledge and appreciation of diverse...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
The mission of the Arts Council is: • To develop and promote artists and the arts through educational opportunities; • To foster a spirit of community and goodwill through art marketing relationships with local businesses; and • To build an...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
The Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls builds girls self-esteem through music creation and performance. Year round workshops and technical trainings create leadership opportunities, cultivate a community of peers and mentors and encourage social change...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
As a descendant of the Settlement House tradition, Pillsbury House + Theatre unleashes creativity in servce to our Powderhorn/Central neighborhood and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, because the best way to build positive change in our...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Our foundation's name refers to the narrow source of a river— the headwaters. The organizations we fund are small, but, very quickly, the work they do becomes a powerful, rushing current, working to wipe social injustice from the community. Unlike...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Wide Angle Youth Media is a non-profit organization that provides Baltimore youth with media education to tell their own stories and become engaged with their communities.
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
All Ages Movement Project (AMP) is a network of 200 community-based organizations across the U.S. that connect young people through independent music and art. AMP is committed to making sure young people can access and participate in music scenes in...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013

Pages

Subscribe to Youth Development