Centro Nueva Creacion is a non-profit community center
dedicated to building hope in the Fairhill and West Kensington neighborhoods of North Philadelphia

...by providing opportunities for youth and their families to transform their community.  Utilizing an asset-based approach that demands the development of local leadership and celebration of the communitys rich Latino culture, Centro Nueva Creacin strives to complement, fill in the gaps, and maximize the education and opportunities available to young people.  This mission and vision is realized through child-centric after-school and summer programs based in literacy, advocacy, art and technology.    

The Goodlands is a community-based arts program that was created in the summer of 2000 as a program of Centro Nueva Creacion.  The Goodlands provides opportunities for young people ages 5-13 to transform the image of their neighborhood through photography.  Since its inception, The Goodlands Project has trained over 800 children in photography and mural painting.  Even though some residents of Philadelphia still choose to stay away from what they have long perceived as the Badlands, through the work of these aspiring photographers the boundaries of fear and ignorance are slowly being eroded.  Countless exhibit attendees have been able to connect with the neighborhood through their photos.  Our young people have the opportunity to make these powerful images of our Goodlands community become their future.