Mission & Vision
“It is such a unique and nurturing space in which participants are encouraged to be proud of who they are and find their voice through theater and art.
It has been a joy to see kids blossom from silent to witty and shy to flamboyant, but I’ve been most profoundly impressed by how supportive they are of each other.”
​
- ACOG volunteer
Creating Community while
Empowering Youth through the Arts.
OUR MISSION
The mission of A Company of Girls+ is to strengthen and empower youth and their families and foster community through the arts.
OUR VISION
Through experiences in theater, as well as visual and culinary arts, ACOG+ youth cultivate their self-confidence, build resiliency, and create a community of respect and acceptance where uniqueness is celebrated and creativity thrives.
​
Our Values & Community Contract
At the start of each year, ACOG+ students take time to explore and discuss our core values. Together, we talk about what these values look like in action and how we can uphold them in our shared space. Each student then signs our Community Contract, a collective agreement that reflects our commitment to work within these values as much as possible — understanding that we all make mistakes, and that what matters most is learning, growing, and supporting one another along the way.
​
OUR THEORY OF CHANGE
By building critical social/emotional skills, and providing high-quality, intensive mentorship and arts-based enrichment, ACOG lays the foundation for positive risk-taking and decision-making, healthy adult, family, and peer relationships, leadership opportunities, and success in school. All of which lead to increased high school graduation rates, and girls with aspirations for the future.
WHY?
STRONGER youth build bolder communities...
CONFIDENT youth make positive choices...
and EVERY youth deserves support to succeed!