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EYL 365 Project provides an immersive environment that supports creativity, inspires innovation, fosters connection, and empowers young change agents to pursue their creative advocacy goals for themselves and their communities.
About Us
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The EYL 365 PROJECT conception and organization was inspired by the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis in April 2014. The founder, Candice Napper, took it upon herself to volunteer her services to educate the youth in Washington, DC about the crisis and the importance of encouraging and instilling strength in others in their time of need through the form of ART.
The students pictured in the photos below were inspired to create poetry, paintings, sculptures, and handwritten letters to the students in Flint, Michigan. More than 300 pieces of artwork were collected by Candice and her volunteers from elementary and high-school students of the DMV area as well as International middle school as far away as Spain. Candice hand delivered the artwork to the students of Freeman and Eisenhower Elementary in Flight, Michigan.
We continue to GIVE BACK every day as it is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life.
We believe working towards a goal and making contributions to society will likely increase your sense of purpose in life, which contributes to both psychological and physical health.
Our Story
Core Values & Practices
WE VALUE CULTURE OF LEARNING
We create spaces that invite and nurtures diverse and emergent perspectives, courageous creativity, wonder, collaboration, and bold risk-taking.
WE VALUE EMPOWERMENT
We care about strong futures. Invest in the whole person. Equip young people, caring adults, and our own team with the transformative skills, strengths, and confidence needed to make better decisions, become resilient, and achieve success.
WE VALUE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY
We believe access to arts and education is a human right. Knowledge and creation have the power to disrupt injustices and catalyze social change by affirming identities, expressing our truths, and promoting equity, belonging, understanding.
WE VALUE IMPACT
We better the lives of youth, families and adults by providing positive, inspiring programs that make a difference, now and in the future.
WE VALUE VOLUNTEERISM
The heart and soul of our organization. We recognize and value what volunteers can achieve by working together. We believe our programs positively impact our volunteer leadership who are the heart of our programs as much as the youth and communities we serve.
Our Vision
We envision a future where schools and communities provide an inclusive and safe environment that nurtures creativity and innovation, where arts and creativity are viewed as key components for learning, leading, and liberation. Children, Youth and Adults are equipped to thrive, dream and lead as powerful change agents.