East Bay Children's Book Project

from East Bay Children's Book Project

"The East Bay Children’s Book Project was founded to help build literacy by putting books into the hands of children who have little or no access to them. Working through individuals and organizations who help children in need, the East Bay Children’s Book Project has given out over 475,000 free books since opening its doors in May 2005."

"Our books are picked up and given directly to children in need by teachers, social workers, health care professionals, community outreach groups, housing authority employees, and police officers. Some are used by schools, daycare and community centers, homeless shelters, and hospitals to create libraries at their sites. Our clients determine how best to meet the needs of the children with whom they work."

Inneract Project ::: Building Community Through Design

from Inneract Project

What is the Inneract Project? 
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OVERVIEW
Inneract Project is a professionally supported program that provides free design classes for inner-city youth, in order to channel their creativity into viable career paths. Classes are free and taught at both the Academy of Art University and Ex'pression College for Digital Arts by local design professionals. Current class disciplines include graphic design, architecture.

MISSION
Inneract Project's mission is to expose under-served youth to careers in design by providing free classes, mentorship, and support for higher education. It is Inneract Project's goal to offer design as a means for positive transformation and expression.

VISION
Under-served youth have the least access and exposure to fields in design. IP's vision is to provide middle school students access to these fields in an inspirational college setting, at an age when aptitude and curiosity can be best harvested. We do this by connecting the design community with urban communities, schools and families in a collaborative effort to help under-resourced youth achieve their highest potential. 

Arts Education in Public Schools ::: resources for your neighborhood school

by Americans for the Arts:
Arts Education in Your Community:
Find out what your school arts enrichment program is doing; and what they want to be doing / then find and contact organizations already in place that can help bring the funding.

here you can find a Resource List for Arts Education
click and Search to find a resource in your area

Obsessed Artist | World United

by Obsessed Artist | World United project(s)
from their website "...making a positive change and uniting the world with artistic influence."
"One of the ways we try to give back through Obsessed Artist is to promote creativity and help ensure that healthy imaginations shape our world to come. We created a non-profit that functions within oa: one with hopes of making a positive change and uniting the world with artistic influence. We naturally named our non-profit World United. World United is an entity catered to the needs of obsessedartist.com: envisioning a world united through the arts.

Engaging Communities Because Obsessed Artist puts a lot of stock in the mantra “think globally, act locally!” we jump at the opportunity to lend our time and resources toward involving ourselves in community pursuits and enhancing the presence of the arts within it. If it’s teaching elementary kids how to tie-dye and draw self-portraits, or contributing to a collective mural on a long forgotten building, we look forward to being involved! If you yourself are organizing a community event, be sure to recruit volunteers through our many tools including our member uploaded events calendar section, and give everyone a chance to make a difference!"

artist: ashmax891 | source: http://obsessedartist.com