Teens With a Purpose

TWP – THE YOUTH MOVEMENT, Teens With a Purpose, is a peer-led environment where all young people are seen, heard, valued, and empowered to make safe and healthy lifestyle choices in an evolving and creative space for themselve and their community  to restore social justice and bring about positive change.   The Mission is to create a platform that empowers young people to use their voice, creativity, reflection, and action to affect personal growth, transform lives and impact communities. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion bridges many divides and brings young people together in a safe, creative space, where they can learn together and from one another. At TWP,  young people Creatively Cultivating the Next Generation of Leaders!  Our programs increase positive influences in the lives of youth to promote academic achievement, independent living, workforce development skills, health and wellbeing.

TWP offers hands-on, high-level arts and youth development programming, year-round including creative writing, spoken word performance poetry, music production, visual art, horticulture, and peer leadership training that also provides a crucial opportunity for social and behavioral support through cultural grounding, open expression of ideas, critical thinking and creative problem-solving, where youth learn to connect directly and deeply with one another developing mutual respect and empathy as they develop life skills. We save space to create a safe, non-judgmental environment for self-expression for all young people as we continue to promote healthy life choices