• Increase the sense of purpose and mission in the lives of participants

  by guiding youth from adolescence to  young adulthood

• Increase the importance of self-value  and  self-respect

• Enhance personal morale through humility, modesty, tolerance, and

  patience.

• Provide youth with  broad opportunities for applying leadership skills,

  decision making skills, with respect to  community and self

• Enhance students’ social skills that will teach them the art of

  negotiating and communicating with peers and authority figures.

• Increase conflict resolution skills and creative alternatives to violence.

• Increase base knowledge about abstinence and teach methods of

  identifying and avoiding behaviors that may

  lead to premature sexuality and unplanned pregnancy.

• Increase participants’ knowledge and the importance of various

  methods of contraction, detection, progression,

  and treatment of STD's HIV/AIDS.

• Increase participants on identifying and avoiding behaviors that may

  lead to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.

• Develop or enhance their artistry.