Resident partners
Brainfood is a non-profit organization founded in 1999, with the mission of using food and cooking as the tools to teach life-skills and healthy living to teenagers. DC’s youth continue to struggle with a failing school system, violent neighborhoods and poverty; all creating additional challenges on the road to adulthood. Brainfood is currently serving 75 high school students in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of DC, with an average annual impact of 60 hours per student, with some students attending Brainfood classes more than 200 hours per year. More information at http://www.brain-food.org/.
A community of music lovers and musicians, the Friday Morning Music Club, Inc., has promoted classical music in the Washington area for over 120 years. FMMC’s public concerts—now held throughout the week—provide performing members with a host of outlets for their talents as well as delighting audiences in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. All concerts are free and performed as a public service. Outreach recitals at senior facilities, in-home musicales, and master classes provide additional opportunities for members to explore music together without audition. The Club also fosters the development of local talent through competitions for local students and recitals by student members. Through the Friday Morning Music Club Foundation, it supports renowned international competitions for emerging professional string players, pianists, and singers, and for composers. More information at http://www.fmmc.org/.
Kid Power Inc. is a community youth organization working to explore the history of the District of Columbia. We believe that by making a personal connection to the past by acquiring advanced civic concepts, nutrition and artistic skills, at-risk youth can become powerful neighborhood advocates. Through this educational process, our students will gain the independence to direct the course of our mission and promote positive social change. More information at http://kidpowerdc.org/.
The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts is the largest drama education center in D.C. serving more than 1,000 youth and adults each year. At The Theatre Lab we also understand that the benefits of theatre training go far beyond the stage. For that reason, we offer “Life Stories,” free drama outreach programs for seniors, incarcerated youth, and people living with HIV/AIDS. Through the development of an original dramatic work based on their own life experiences, Life Stories will use art as a lens through which to view past decisions and evaluate future choices. More information at http://www.theatrelab.org/.
Founded in 2005 by renowned music educator, Joyce Garrett, the Washington Youth Choir is an after-school music education and college preparatory program whose mission is to enhance the educational experience of DC-area youth with the rigorous study and performance of music and to facilitate their transition out of high school. Building upon Garrett’s past success with the award-winning Eastern High School Choir, the Washington Youth Choir fulfills a critical need for arts education in the District. Students interested in joining the Washington Youth Choir should contact them at 202.293.7508 to schedule an audition. Please note singers must be high school aged to participate. More information at http://www.washingtonyouthchoir.org/.
