Our Vision: “A world inspiring all children to their highest potential”

Our Mission: To provide uplifting entertainment for children of color where they see people that look like themselves role-modeling positive values and attributes, that ignite sparks of aspirations to overcome adversity and succeed; to promote reading; and to encourage multicultural understanding and appreciation.

You Are A Star offers those who volunteer with us, and are interested, the opportunity to become an Ebony One. What’s an Ebony One? Well, for us, they are the foundation of all we do. It’s these volunteers that make our planning a year’s worth of productions, and scheduling months in advance, possible. Without their ongoing support and dependability, it would be nearly impossible to plan a successful show. After all, we can’t have a production without enough people and that would be a terrible blow to the children who look forward to our programs each year.

Becoming an Ebony One is super easy and incredibly rewarding. It’s saying that when you’re needed you’ll be there – if at all possible. It’s the understanding that you’re part of something greater and feeling the worth of what you’re doing at every turn. All you need do is look into the faces of the children to see the difference you’re making.  That’s all it takes to being an Ebony One – a desire to positively affect the lives of children. If that’s you, then you’re needed immediately and will be welcomed as one of our family from the first moment you walk in the door. Once you’ve been a part of an event, you’ll never, ever want to do anything else. It really is that rewarding.