Collaborators

In order to fulfill our mission, we believe it’s essential to collaborate with other organizations, foundations and people who are ready to work alongside us to make our mission a reality.

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Organizational Partners

Please note that we are not a religious organization and do not provide religious programming. Though we do at times collaborate with faith-based organizations, no programming that we participate in is religious.

Heather McBride Photography

Heather McBride of HMCB Photography is a professional photographer located in Philadelphia, specializing in family portraits, headshots, and event photography. Heather has worked as a photographer with YACA over the past few years and many of the photos you’ll find on our website and Flickr page were taken by Heather.

Visit Heather McBride’s Photography website

Federation of Neighborhood
Centers, Philadelphia

FNC builds strong neighborhoods through intentional partnerships, supporting programs that work with children, youth, families, and individuals who traditionally do not have access to high quality services and programming. YACA partners with FNC for workforce development for the teens of Shadow Company, participating in summer internships through WorkReady and FNC’s year-round internship program.

Visit FNC’s website

Act Two|Next Generation, Theatre Philadelphia

Increasing the access to local theatre for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and LGBTQIA Philadelphia youth, Act 2|Next Generation is centered around youth not only seeing more theatre but also being mentored and listened to as they review and reflect on the impact these stories have on them. YACA Shadow Company is proud to have it’s youth participate in this program, both in seeing more local theatre and documenting their journey through this program.

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Visit Theatre Philadelphia’s website

Germantown Mennonite Church

From their website, “a vibrant, welcoming, worshipping community in northern Philadelphia.” YACA and GMC have been partners for several years now as they so graciously host many of our programs.

Visit the Germantown Mennonite Church website

Venice Island Performing Arts Center

Venice Island is 250 seat state of the art theatre in the heart of Manayunk! We have partnered with Venice Island Performing Arts Center since 2017. This space gives our students the experience of working and performing in a professional theatre.

Visit the Venice Island Performing Arts Center website

Germantown Arts District

The Germantown Arts District supports and contributes to the creative ecosystem of Germantown by partnering and collaborating with local artists and arts-based organizations and businesses. Germantown Arts District encourages all people to embrace and examine their individual creative identity by fostering environments conducive to this type of exploration. We are proud to partner with GAD on this mission!

Visit the Germantown Arts Districts website

Creative Engagement Lab
+ the makeSPACE program

Creative Engagement Lab is dedicated to revealing and strengthening the creative capacities of people and organizations. They passionately believe in the power of creative work as a tool for connecting people, transforming organizations, expanding perspectives, and furthering social justice imperatives. They have designed the makeSPACE project, which enhances the creative strengths of teachers and prepares them to integrate research-based creative and artistic practices into curriculum and instruction across content areas and grade levels. YACA is a key partner in the implementation of this project in classrooms throughout the School District of Philadelphia, working one-on-one to coach and champion teachers in the project.

Visit CEL’s website
Learn about the makeSPACE project