Presidential Off-Site Visit: Extending and Deepening the Concept and Practice of Public Education; All Stars Project, Inc.

Session Type: Off-Site Visit

Abstract

Meet in the lobby of the New York Hilton Midtown at 1335 Sixth Avenue at 11:45am or come directly to the All Stars Project at 543 W 42nd Street at 12:30pm.

Join us for a site visit to the national headquarters of All Stars Project, Inc. (ASP), a national non-profit organization that sponsors outside of school youth development programs in six U.S. cities and serves 53,000 young people and their families, primarily in poor communities of color. For over three decades the All Stars has served as a laboratory for developing cultural approaches to youth and community development in an effort to impact on the damaging effects of entrenched and generational poverty. The ASP builds “stages”—both in and out of the theatre that support participants to play and perform and through those activities, develop and learn. The visit will include a tour of the performance spaces, classrooms, and shops contained in the 31,000 square-foot facility; observation and participation in on-site All Stars programs; and a group conversation led by Carrie Lobman, Ed.D and All Stars co-founder Lenora Fulani, PhD with staff and youth and adult participants.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Carrie L. Lobman, Rutgers University

Participants

• Lenora B. Fulani, All Stars Project

• Bonny L. Gildin, All Stars Project Inc.

• Gloria B. Strickland, All Stars Project Inc.

• Diane Stiles, All Stars Project Inc.