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Who We Are
The primary purpose of Moving Mountains Inc is to motivate inner-city youth, to attach importance to their artistic goals. We do this through intensive training in all areas of entertainment and then spotlighting their development through dramatic productions. The secondary purpose is to provide an alternative to the negative influences from the peers, gangs, violence and substance abuse that have taken over inner-city communities leaving youth at-risk to make poor choices that will deter them from becoming productive adults. By focusing on the serious issues youth face by producing dramatic productions with strong positive messages we are able to address both goals with amazing results. Scientific studies by the US Departments of Education and Justice respectively prove that when we build protective factors for youth, the alarming statistics on the dropout rate, illiteracy, teen incarceration, drug use, violence and teen sexuality significantly decrease. Moving Mountains Inc is an organization that builds those protective factors through dramatic productions and the arts.
The Public School system mandates that every child must participate in a
minimum of six fire drills per year. This means that from Kindergarten
through twelfth grade each child will take part in 90 fire drills by the
time he or she reaches graduation status. The likelihood of there actually
being a fire in any given school building is very low being that so many
precautions are taken and that the buildings are designed to be fireproof.
These same children, however, will undoubtedly encounter enticing
invitations to drugs, violence, promiscuity, and overall peer pressure, and
may make decisions that can seriously affect their future.
Founded by Jamie Hector, Alaine Roberson and Ese Ovueraye, with over 20 years of youth development and theater/film industry experience among them, Moving Mountains is presently engaged in providing opportunity and guidance to youth dedicated to creative arts, utilizing appropriate cultural context to engage youth in their own development and sense of self worth. With Jamie Hector at the forefront of this organization, additional industry professionals and celebrity personalities were eager come on board as mentors; increasing the strength of the protective factors of a sense of family, community, academic support and concerned adults to be structured into the daily lives of our undeserved youth.
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to improve the lives of youth developing their artistic talents, creating opportunities for them in theater, film and entertainment, and encouraging them to pursue their dreams while building character.
Moving Mountains Inc. caters to youth ages 11 to 21, providing youth services utilizing youth prevention best practices. This includes engagement techniques such as drama, vocal and dance training, professional celebrity mentor-ship in the arts, introduction to filming, editing and broadcasting, and producing phenomenal theater productions with strong positive messages. By holding the youth to a high standard on every level they become vested in the success they accomplish. The organization runs year round, operating from 3:00pm to 8:00pm, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and 10am to 6pm on Saturdays.
The Summer Schedule focuses on performance techniques – actual stage productions and talent development with constant movement toward educational and career goals.
Moving Mountains uses the performing arts to prepare youth for success, instill life skills, and develop their individual talents to a professional level.
Moving Mountains works to build protective factors for youth by navigating over the pitfalls they will face in thier daily lives.
Moving Mountains will heighten their self-awareness and broaden their possibilities by exposing them to the many opportunities available to them in the entertainment industry. Working on scripts with specific life lessons embedded in them, youth are made aware of the choices that will either lead them toward their dreams or prevent them from achievement.
In addition strong emphasis is placed on community service. The participants are given the responsibility of first becoming positive examples in their communities, then by performing productions with strong, much needed messages, they are able to influence their peers large audiences of youth from the Tri-State area. These productions require focus and skill to deliver great performances. These performances are an excellent tool for discussion and prevention for youth filled audiences.
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Moving Mountains Inc., is a 501(c)(3) that actively works to prepare talented youth to develop their performance skills, seek opportunities for growth and avoid the obstacles that they will undoubtedly encounter and respond to based on their ability to make good choices. 100% of all contributions go to the Moving Mountains organization and are tax deductible as provided in accordance with IRS regulations.
