Partners & Donors

Santa Barbara Class Sites

Housing Authority’s Family Opportunity Center • St. Vincent’s of Mercy Housing • Girls Inc. Santa Barbara • Girls Inc. Goleta Valley • Girls Inc. Carpinteria • Adams Elementary School • Twelve35 Teen Center • Harding Elementary School • McKinley Elementary School • Westside Boys and Girls Club • Cleveland Elementary School • Franklin Elementary School • Transition House • Cesar Chavez School • Downtown Boys and Girls Club • Lompoc Boys and Girls Club • Isla Vista Teen Center • Ortega Park • Lower West Side Community Center • Santa Barbara City College’s Transition Program

Additional Santa Barbara Partners

After-School Opportunities for Kids! (A-OK!) Program • Housing Authority of Santa Barbara • Police Activities League • Santa Barbara School Districts • Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Santa Barbara • Girls Inc of Greater Santa Barbara • City of Santa Barbara • Santa Barbara Dance Alliance • Arts Mentorship Program • Mercy Housing • Santa Barbara Parks & Recreation • People's Self Help Housing • Partners for Fit Youth • Pro-Youth Coalition • University of California Institute for Research in the Arts

Santa Barbara Advisory Board & Mentors

Julie McLeod (Founder, Art Without Limits) • Babatunde Folayemi (Community Activist / Founder, Pro-Youth Coalition) • Laura Haston (Parent, PhD) • Ken Furukawa (Parent, Community Business Leader) • Magda Arroyo (Director, Santa Barbara West Boys & Girls Club) • Sharon Roth (Assistant Supervisor, A-OK! Program) • Charles Donelan (Editor, Independent) • Marsha Marcoe (Development Director, Domestic Violence Solutions) • Heather Carney Shea (Dance Teacher, Santa Barbara Dance Arts) • Grant House (City Council Member, former Mayor Pro Tem) • Brian Sarvis (Superintendent, Santa Barbara School District) • Samara Iodice (Cause for Action) • Marcus Lopez (Resident Services Coordinator, Housing Authority) • Sheila Caldwell (Santa Barbara Dance Alliance) • James Badham (Writer/Reporter) • Robin Bisio (Dance Professor, Choreogapher, UC Santa Barbara) • Debi Badger (Director, A-OK! Program) • Ken Rotman (Parent, Entrepreneur)

National Partners

Do Something • Ashoka’s Youth Venture • Cause for Action • Distinguished Young Women’s Be Your Best Self Program

National Advisory Board

Tracy Stevens (Community organizer, Palo Alto) • Brynn Crowe (Kirby-Jones Foundation) • Ken Rotman (Entrepreneur, Allianex LLC) • Ray Chandler (Lawyer) • Roger Haston

Donors

Kirby-Jones Foundation • America’s Best Dance Crew • Do Something • Santa Barbara Foundation • Santa Barbara County Arts Commission • Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation • Helen Diller Family Foundation • Towbes Foundation • Fund for Santa Barbara/Youth Making Change • Del Monte • State Farm/Youth Service America • Best Buy • Youth Venture • Furukawa Family • Community Angels Network • PANIM • Santa Barbara Soroptimist International • Davis/Haston Family • Santa Barbara Glass Company • Grant & Jodi Harris and family • Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Greenspan • Ichak & Nurit Adizes • Slave 2 Love Graphics • Robin Bisio