Our Mission
Our mission is to ensure that children living in inner-city communities who show interest, promise, and dedication in developing their talents in dance have an opportunity to earn a scholarship to study dance.
"Every child has talent, but not every child has access to nurture and develop their natural talents and interests. It is up to each and every one of us to work together to care for the youth and provide every opportunity for success. One way to help children begin to believe that they are worthy of success is to introduce them to engaging ways to learn who they truly are and that can be through the arts."
— Monica George-Fields, AASFA President
Our mission goals are to:
Establish the organization as a viable and impactful options for individual donors and philanthropists interested in supporting inner-city children's exposure to the arts;
Create dynamic partnerships with local and national businesses so that greater attention is brought to the need to support inner-city children's access to the arts; and
Honor her mother's, Alice Allen, voluntarism at Harlem School of the Arts by funding children's enrollment in the school.
Our guiding ideas are:
If we establish and maintain a constant presence in the social media and philanthropic arenas, then we will be able to encourage donations from a wide-range of prospects.
If we establish ad maintain robust communication with a variety of businesses and individuals about the socio-emotional and academic benefits of children being involved in the arts, then we will be able to increase people's willingness to assist with supporting children's enrollment in organized arts education; and
If we establish and maintain scholarship funds for students at Harlem School of the Arts, then the impact that Alice Allen had on its former students will be re-established for new and future students.
“To influence the artistic world inner-city children have access to so that they are able to see the beauty in themselves and world around them.”