Change it Up! transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project

EI Editor Posted On Jul 2, 2014

With a deep passion for dance and great taste in music, it made sense for Chrissy to support transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project for the Change It Up! program, where each month an employee chooses a worthy organization for which to fundraise and collect spare change. Based in San Diego, CA, transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project is an organization that empowers culturally diverse youth to mobilize social change through performing arts. Participants go through intensive technical dance, theatre training, and community-building leadership activities with the goal of creating public performances that address complex social issues that affect their community. Find out how you can support transcenDANCE Youth Arts too, right here.

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