Our Mission:

PYA takes a bold approach to directly address our growing educational crisis.  Our mission is dedicated to assisting young girls from the ages of 12-21, to achieve excellence in self-esteem motivation, education, and cultural awareness through the provisions of tutoring, mentoring, job training and employment opportunities.

Our Vision:

1.  We will support healty lifestyles by reaching out and directing young girls who are looking for a more positive outlook in life.

2.  We will create and help to build a better community through service, networking, and resource to build an impact on the positive growth of each child.

The Goal:

The Goal of our organization is to (1) encourage and help build respect in these girls for themselves as well as others(2) foster a spirit of family and community service(3) stimulate awareness and the necessity of completing an education and ( 4) asserting the needs of each child while engaging in a process of setting and attaining goals as individuals and collectively through group intervention and(5) building cultural respect and awareness through the arts. 

During the past 4 years of existence P.Y.A. Inc. has provided professional services to over 100 youth in the North Greenwood Community.  We have offered free one on one counseling training and awareness in the areas of: employment, computers, social behavior, and etiquette.  Workshops were held on sexually transmitted disease awareness, breast cancer awareness, Black on Black crime, drug prevention, internet safety and pregnancy prevention, Our services include youth community job fairs, where local business professionals, such as judges, doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, counselors and teachers held an open forum for youth in the community. PYA also impacts female and social issues such as: breast cancer awareness, domestic violence prevention and cervical cancer awareness.