The North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble's mission is to preserve and promote percussive dance forms.
To equip families and individuals in crisis with the resources and skills they need to achieve stability.
Northstar Church Of The Arts
Guiding Light in The Heart of Downtown Durham
We are a church founded upon the principles of worship through the performing and visual arts. Located at 220 W. Geer St. in downtown Durham, North Carolina, We are an interfaith spiritual community welcoming all people regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation. We believe the creative arts offer an opportunity to deepen our relationship with God and each other.
The church located on the corner of Geer And North Street in Durham was built in 1930 to serve the deaf and hearing impaired community, Northstar Church continues in the tradition of serving the spiritual needs of the underserved through appreciation, performance and practice of the arts.
Northstar’s mission is to create community at the intersection of spirituality and creative practice. We offer sacred space for creative expression, spiritual exploration and cross-cultural collaboration. Disproportionate numbers of black, brown and others have been pushed out of the city center in the name of progress. Part Of NorthStar’s mission is to hold space for all people to pray and play in downtown. In light of sweeping changes in Downtown Durham the need for a creative spiritual space is needed now more than ever.
Our primary activities are:
-Creative spiritual encounters through music, dance
and theater performances.
-Visual Art exhibitions and film screening
-Classes in alternative healing, meditation and holistic wellness
-Workshops and lectures encouraging interfaith dialogue
-Poetry and spoken word performances
To provide supplemental food assistance to chronically hungry school aged children.
To provide groceries and support to people in crisis.
Oak City Cares is a services hub for connecting individuals and families at risk of, or currently experiencing, homelessness to coordinated services that create a path to stable housing and renewed hope. Oak City Cares envisions a community where all people have access to stable housing and their human dignity, worth, and rights are respected; where the length of time a person experiences homelessness is minimized by removing the barriers that hinder them from accessing essential and coordinated services; and where community collaborations with government, corporate, non-profit and faith based organizations strengthen the pathways to these life rebuilding services.
To preserve the history and improve the physical, social and economic health of the Ocean City community, support community self-reliance and enhance the quality of life for the residents through community-based problem solving, community-oriented services and public/private cooperation.
To inspire curiosity about our unique coastal environment, history, and the broader natural universe through interactive, fun, science-based experiences.