The Issues We Address
- Honoring and empowering racial and cultural identity
- Building relationship across lines of difference
- Developing cultural competence and leadership skills
- Reinforcing and motivating student achievement and community involvement
Through performance and an integrated curriculum we:
- Provide a model for culturally responsive learning communities
- Create a safe and constructive space for the telling of stories
- Address multiple learning styles
- Motivate participants to take an active role to increase achievement for all
- Provide a model of authentic relationship across difference
- Model stewardship and authentic connection with the natural world
- Encourage self motivated exploration of natural and cultural communities
Through the use of proven experiential techniques we:
- Integrate the cognitive and affective domains
- Connect with participants inherent multiple intelligences
- Provide a model of differentiated instruction and facilitation
- Motivate participants to play stronger roles as leaders and stewards
- Build community through creative collaboration

