Our Founders

 

Victoria and Dan Allen are the founders of Divine Purpose Youth Performing Arts Center. Their amazing story of how the performing arts center came together is worth reading about..

Divine Purpose Youth 


NBC 5 News INTERVIEW WITH ASM

 

Program director Melissa Mister and instructor Sgt. Daniel Allen of After School Matters tell NBC 5's LeeAnn Trotter about how the program makes a difference by providing opportunities for high school students. 

aFTER-SCHOOL mATTERS

 

After School Matters offers more than 23,000 program opportunities to nearly 16,000 unique teens across Chicago every year.