The Arts, Recreation, and Entertainment (A.R.E) Program is a community enrichment initiative designed to provide an outlet for creativity for middle and high school students to overcome fears, frustrations, and doubts. Research shows that participating in the arts and recreational activities reduces anxiety, emotional alienation, and aggression, boosts self-esteem, confidence, and cultural empathy, and encourages healthy nutrition and responsible decision-making.
Participants can attend skill-based classes taught by industry professionals and participate in creative events focused on diverse arts categories such as drawing, journalism, music, painting, photography, and performing arts. The aim is to promote skills development, social inclusion, and capacity-building.
Participants will attend recreation camps focused on creativity, dance, and sports to learn fundamental activity skills, engage in physical fitness activities, and improve communication, teamwork, and social skills.
Participants will attend professional entertainment events and gain access to official pre-event activities, backstage access, and intimate conversations with entertainers, support teams, and venue management.
GameLike Her is a basketball workshop organized in partnership with Gamelike Sports Group. The workshop aims to nurture young girls from Detroit and Flint, Michigan, through the game of basketball while teaching them important life skills. The workshop includes the EmpowerHer Women's panel, which provides our girls with an opportunity to hear from dynamic and inspiring women.
Who Got Next? is a DJ competition in partnership with the Coby White Family Foundation for High School males with fundamental DJing knowledge to compete against their peers while learning from celebrity DJs to become the next generation of DJs. Participants develop their craft and build relationships and community with professional DJs and music lovers while winning prizes
