Our Mission

Our Mission is providing high school youth with opportunities to explore issues surrounding social justice in their local, regional, and international communities.

Our Vision is a world where every student is an empowered global citizen with the vision and resources necessary to effect vital change in our world.

Our Values, we value:

  • Using the arts as a lens through which social justice issues can be explored
  • Creating dialogue across chasms of race, culture, class and privilege
  • Cultivating leadership, confidence and greater awareness in youth
  • Developing lasting relationships based on understanding through through international and local exchange
  • Empowering public school teachers to create innovative programming that extends outside the classroom
  • Meaningful partnership with educational institutions, locally and and internationally
  • Equitable access for all students to participate

HFBbrochurePage1HFBbrochurePage2Download our 2015 Annual Report here: HFB 2015 Annual Report (1)