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Age and Gender Equity in the Arts (AGE) is a nonprofit organization created to empower and promote the visibility of women across the life span in the performing arts, affecting a paradigm shift in the culture.

The name Azubuike, when translated, means, “The past is our strength.” The history of our organization predates the official incorporation in October of 2014. Ours is a collective story, we the founders have gathered all our years of experience as community members, activists, artist, educators, writers, mentors, and our passion for helping youth & community, into one entity of service, the Azubuike African American Council for The Arts! Azubuike’s Mission is to reconcile the racial divides that exist in our community by giving at-risk youth a voice to express themselves, be heard without bias, and spark a much larger conversation about race relations in the Quad Cities through the Arts. Our Vision is to use the Arts to help us understand our past, show us how to shape our future, while telling a compelling story about why our lives matter.

MECA is a community-based non-profit BIPOC organization committed to the healthy development of under-served & under represented families through arts and cultural programming, the promotion of academic excellence, support services, and community building.

To acknowledge, promote awareness, address, and support those in the community who as a result of traumatic experiences need assistance. Providing temporary food, clothing, and shelter when needed, while also using various forms of the arts to help promote Holistic Healing and independence when applicable.

THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE ART AND CRAFT OF STORYTELLING AND ENCOURAGING THE APPRECIATION AND DISSEMINATION OF PERSONAL, FIRST-PERSON STORIES.

Pretend City is a community which builds better brains through fun, whole body learning experiences and empowers children and their grown-ups to meaningfully connect with and expand their world.

We, the Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement, believe that a knowledge and appreciation of music and the arts is fundamental to the development of each individual and that the arts provide unique opportunities for cultural exchange and community understanding. Thus we affirm that: It is the mission of the School to provide quality education in music and the arts, primarily to children of New York's Lower East Side, in an environment that nurtures achievement and creativity and offers to all who attend, regardless of artistic ability or economic circumstances, the opportunity to pursue their own personal development and enrich the quality of their lives.