TAYITU ENTERTAINMENT INC
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Mission Statement
One evening in August 2000, Tayitu Cultural Center (TCC) had its humble beginning at a gathering for a book launch and reading to become a trailblazing nonprofit (501 c 3) organization that nurtures the arts and culture of Ethiopia and promotes it among the uniquely diverse community of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area where the organization is based. Tayitu Cultural Center established a strategic partnership with another volunteer-run organization, Tutoring, and Mentoring Program (TMP), a program that started in 2002 to provide free academic tutoring and youth mentoring services in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Renamed Tayitu Cultural and Educational Center (TCEC), TCEC benefits from the synergistic alliance and combined the institutional strength of these two veteran community organizations to become an even more valuable and effective service provider to the community.
About This Cause
In the past seventeen years, TCEC has held over 198 monthly poetry nights and five annual "African Poetry Night” events. 3366 young and professional poets have participated. Tayitu has produced 59 different plays, including "Macbeth", “Hamlet”, “The Doctor, in spite of Himself”,"The Inspector General", etc. It has also taken shows on the road in the US, Canada, and Europe over 220 times with a total of 355 shows domestically and abroad. TCEC has held 16 annual workshops on poetry, acting, directing, film production, and creative writing; and opened the first Ethiopian library in Washington DC. The Tutoring and Mentoring Program at Tayitu provides tutoring in English/language arts, mathematics, science and social studies to students in middle school (grades 6-8); tutoring services for high school (grades 9 – 12) students included calculus, pre-calculus, physics, biology, chemistry and, based on availability, Spanish and French. In the 2016-17 academic year 24 elementary school, 17 middle schools, and 11 high school students benefited from the program. Tayitu celebrates its 17th year of success with the following expanded services: (1) Creating the opportunity for international poets and performers, from Africa, Asia, North America and elsewhere by organizing African and international poetry night to present their works in different languages. (2) Offering a resource center for many who need to learn about the Ethiopian Art, culture and society. (3) Serving its youth empowerment programs through tutoring and educational services to all citizens in the area irrespective of race, color, religion, or ethnic group.