Our mission is to create pathways to college, employment, and entrepreneurship for Compton youth through engagement with education & the arts.
HIGHLIGHTS
2008
The dream started at Willard Elementary in Compton, where Sara (Christensen) Bomani volunteered in her friend’s classroom to teach arts education to 3rd graders.
2010
Community Arts: Re-Imagining Education (C.A.R.E.) was born after Bomani and Jennifer Alvarado met while working on their Master of Art Education degrees at California State University, Long Beach.
2011
Bomani led over 400 hours of community service, including the painting of 70 community murals at 10 public schools in the Compton Unified School District and provided free art classes at local elementary and middle schools.
2012
Community conversations took place at City Church of Compton, regarding the needs of the community. After researching the statistics and witnessing the challenges surrounding education, crime, poverty and unemployment, an expanded vision seemed necessary.
2013
Unearth and Empower Communities was born.
1st UEC Summer Art Camp serving over 80 students
2014
Each One. Teach One. After School Program started with 15 families
1st Ladies of Integrity Retreat
1st Men of Integrity Retreat
1st Trip to Mexico to volunteer at orphanage
1st EntreArts Summer Internship Program learning about entrepreneurship
2015
1st High School Graduate & College Scholarship awarded
2016
Increased the number of families served to 30 at our after school program
2017
Awarded over $8,000 in college scholarships to graduating seniors and college students
2018
Students learn how to play the ukulele at our Each One. Teach One. after school program
2019
UEC college student teaches at Summer Art Camp
Featured in VoyageLA magazine (click to read)
2020
Created Houses of STEAM for Compton families to experience building projects that are related to science, technology, engineering, art and math.
Hired 1st Intern
Featured in New York Times op-ed article by David Brooks (click to read)
STAFF
Sara Bomani
Co-Executive Director
Barak Bomani
Co-Executive Director
Kora Manzano-Lopez
Paty Chew
​Houses of STEAM
Program Co-Directors
Jen Urquhart
Houses of STEAM Assistant
VALUES
FAMILY + FUN + LEARNING GENEROSITY + RESPONSIBILITY
BOARD

Pat Dirkse
Pastor, City Church of Compton
Tremonisha Watson
Finance, Southern California
Victor Chew
Engineer, Southern California