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hrough creative organization of youths and adults and often in alliance with community partners, the WE CAN Community Institute develops a multi-disciplinary range  of inter-connected programs, projects, and  products that touch and train individuals, families, and seniors. All Community Institute undertakings are intended to foster: Literacy, Education, the Arts, Communication, Creativity, Problem-Solving, and Community-Building, by using different forms of technology and media for presentation, publication, and dissemination. The Institute emphasizes works in low-income, and under-served urban communities, and particularly those with limited-to-no access to computers in schools or homes.

Community Institute Programs

           Urban Farm Network Programs

                      Permaculture Demonstration Test Site
                      Planting a Little Piece of Paradise           

           Village Arts and Education

                      The Youths Teach and Learn
                     2008 Blues Fest at Allensworth—featuring: Linda Hopkins,                           Barbara Mirrison, Bili Redd, Thelma Jones, Karen Briggs,                           Kabasa Drummers, and Griot: Ellaraino
                      Community Film Series—“Dr. Mary Pleasant,” presented by                       Sushelle Bibbs; “Vietnam:
                       An American Holocaust,” presented by Clay Claiborne; “Love                        and Other Four- Letter Words,” presented by Tangi Miller

           Community Learning Center

The center houses research and teaching resources, including an Arts & Sciences room and the WE CAN Read Book Club Library.