Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center

The organization provides an after-school Youth program for neighborhood children. The program includes athletic sports such as sponsoring a basketball team, self defense and martial arts classes, dancing classes and educational activities, in addition to providing nutrition training.children in the after school program eat healthy food and participate in fitness activities at least twice per week. The Center is open in the evenings and the weekends to provide access to space for community groups that want to provide activities for Youth or families in the crotona area.

The blk project seeks to address food justice, public & mental health issues as they specifically relate to under served women of color through culturally relevant education, beautification of public spaces, urban gardening and community programming. By creating easily accessible resources and enriching the lives of women who are routinely overlooked and overburdened yet serve an important and critical role in the larger fabric of society. The program will strengthen overall mental and public heaht, as well elevate the collective self esteem of the larger communities they live in.

Mothers on the move acts as a vehicle for low-income people of color to take strategic leadership in campaigns to transform ourselves and our communitites. Mom envisions a society where resources and benefits are equally shared, and where people play a role in community decision-making in proportion to the degree they are affected.