Who We Back

Provides low-income residents and minority groups – especially young people and older adults – with opportunities to engage in arts education and performance arts.

Encourages young women and girls to explore careers in STEM fields by utilizing STEM processes and technology to create dance routines and other arts performances.

Combines education, the arts, and a social justice lens to preserve, document, and inspire local community engagement with the cultural center and historical site of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America.

Provides immigrant women with holistic support and case management services, from safety planning to secure emergency housing and medical assistance, to ESL, Know Your Rights, financial literacy and  job training courses, and connection to vital resources for women without access to other social service agencies.

Provides young people with marketable hard skills in STEAM like graphic and web design, and access to post-secondary education in order to achieve economic mobility and engage in community revitalization.