Waking the Village

Every dime your family devotes to Art Beast directly supports and sustains WTV programs.

OUR MISSION: Waking the Village offers housing and support so that Sacramento’s homeless, parenting youth and their children can get busy living rather than surviving.

Through our housing, wellness, and employment programs, youth and young parents (18 to 24 years old) experience healthy living, intensive mentoring, parent coaching, and college support so that they leave prepared to be leaders in their own lives, and leaders in the lives of their children and communities.

Waking the Village (WTV) is a non profit organization that leads programs for youth and children experiencing homelessness: Tubman House, Audre's Emporium of New Tomorrows, The Village Shelter, The Creation District, Prevention and Intervention, Youth Employment Program, Teachers’ Brigade, and the P3 Pilot (a project to connect youth leaving shelters to housing vouchers). We also run 3 licensed programs for children of all housing statuses: Art Beast Child Development Center (preschool for children 0 through 6), Muck and Wonder Farm School (preschool), and Art Beast Children’s Studio Preschool. Each program centers on an interactive environment that inspires growth and builds community.

Tubman House, the Village, and Audre's Emporium of New Tomorrows are all housing programs that provide stable and nurturing home environments for young families experiencing homelessness.

Art Beast and the Creation District are both artistic hubs rooted in the belief that youth and children need creativity and expression embedded into their lives in order to thrive and flourish. Please click here to find out more about WTV. If you'd like to help out with your time or make a donation you can fill out the form below or call the studio to find out what is needed or what volunteer opportunities we currently have.