Through culturally-rooted movement arts, wraparound care, and mentorship, Destiny Arts Center ensures that young people are seen, valued, and supported.
Destiny offers professionally taught classes in hip-hop dance, African dance, theatre, Capoeira, breakdancing, and martial arts for thousands of young people each year through longterm in-school and after-school residencies at school and community partners throughout the Bay Area.
At our North Oakland Center, we offer afterschool and weekend classes for all ages, including early childhood, as well as audition-based pre-professional performance companies, summer camps, and workforce development opportunities for youth ages 14-24.
All programs are pay-what-you-can.
CONNECTIONS, ART, RESOURCES, EDUCATION (CARE TEAM): A Wraparound Support Program
CONNECTIONS, ART, RESOURCES, EDUCATION (CARE Team): A Wraparound Support Program
At Destiny, we believe in the transformational and healing power of the arts.
The goal of Destiny’s CARE Team is to support both young people and their families in accessing the services and support they need to meet their basic needs and educational and career goals. This ensures they can be both physically and mentally present in the movement arts classes and receive the most significant benefit from the experience.
As pressures mount on individual families and the institutions that support them, schools, health systems, safety and security, and other services, Destiny works to provide a community of support. Destiny integrates Master of Social Work (MSW) interns into classrooms and community programs, serving as an essential bridge between creative expression and wraparound support.
Members of the CARE Team:
Identify and communicate needs or challenges that may surface during programming.
Conduct wellness intake screenings, provide individual check-ins, crisis intervention and assist in accessing and navigating essential resources.
Uplift student strengths by reinforcing positive behaviors and fostering connection in line with Destiny’s values of love, care, respect, responsibility, honor, and peace.
Provide on-going education and training in areas such as child development, mental health, trauma-informed care, behavior support, and restorative practices.
Connect with the school’s support staff to ensure students who need additional academic, behavioral, or wellness support do not fall through the cracks.
Destiny is proud to have our work recognized through grant and contract support from the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, on behalf of the California Department of Health Care Services; Alameda County Health Care Services Agency and County of Alameda Public Health Department, Violence Prevention & Intervention Services.