Yes! And… is an education company.
- a community of artists passionate about education
- a community of educators
- passionate about the art of teaching
- passionate about collaboration
- passionately working for the transformation of communities through investment in the lives of young people
Our Mission
Yes! And... equips children and young people with the tools to become better learners, to believe in themselves and to realize their dreams through the work of creating collaboratively with peers and professional artists. |
(Our CORE document goes further in stating our goals and principles.)
As educators, we practice and teach a different way of interacting with kids, with each other and with the world. We believe that children learn best when they are given the opportunity to engage with one another, classroom content and their own ideas in the context of a safe, affirming and specific environment – this we call Tribe Centered Learning, a unique brand of Collaborative Arts Education.
Yes! And… offers communities a variety of Programs, shaping and designing each one to meet the needs of the specific communities we serve.
Yes! And… operates as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We are a member of the New Beginnings Nonprofit Incubator at Resources for Human Development (RHD).
We spend most of our time with kids living in low-income neighborhoods in and around the Philadelphia area, but we believe that collaborative arts education is important for all ages, everywhere.
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Our name comes from a theatre game, where an individual starts a story and the next person picks up the telling by responding, “Yes! And…” then adding their part of the story, and so on.
Collaboration is a vital skill for children to learn. It is much more powerful than compromise. Collaboration creates a space where vision, ideas, and desires are affirmed and can be acheived because people are working together.
When children understand that "Yes!" Their ideas are supported. "And..." there are people to partner with them, they have a stronger sense of self-worth.
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