Community
Together we can! We can face the problems in our city and know that we are the solution. Together we can be peace.
Restorative Practices
In our community, no one is disposable. We believe and strive to practice the principle that “everyone belongs”
Creative Problem Solving
Violence is destructive but PEACE is creative. Through our commitment to nonviolence, we are active in creating solutions of hope, health, peace, justice &love
Youth that have gone through our programs are able to come back as teens and be employed with us. They are able to shape the future of the program and pass down what they have learned over the years to our younger participants.
From city politics to prisoners of conscience, our youth are engaged in positively changing the world around them.
In the summer of 2010 the city of Baltimore planned to close 13 walk-to neighborhood pools in the name of budget cuts. Our campers wrote letters to the mayor, protested at the neighborhood pool and met with the head of the City’s Parks and Recreation Department. They were featured on radio shows and in the newspaper. They succeeded in their efforts and the City reopened the pools and has since kept them running summer after summer.
Through culturally relevant education and action, we seek to empower our youth to be the leading innovators of tomorrow
Our learning takes place outside of the classroom and in the real world. Youth are able to experience, learn, and apply new ideas and concepts relating to world’s largest problems- from peace to sustainability.