Epicenter exists to take the youth of Baltimore from the corner to a career through a safe, fun, encouraging, caring and accepting environment to build practical and empowering skills through education and performing arts.

Epicenter’s goal is to build a sustainable and comprehensive model in East Baltimore by serving the entire community impacting and improving the lives and opportunities of the youth of the community.  Epicenter can do this by working to understand the real and felt needs of the community by engaging the community in dialogue and by being part of the community. Epicenter is not the solution, we are part of the solution and with the community’s involvement together we will understand the needs to establish a support net of services that address these real and pressing needs.

Epicenter is not just contained in four walls of a building but permeates and envelopes the community connecting all the aspects of the community including the neighbors, youth, community leaders, faith-based organizations, nonprofits, city officials and businesses to provide this support net and serve the community.  Epicenter will nurture a safe and encouraging third place away from home or school where youth can build practical and empowering skills through educational programs and performing arts to cast a vision outside of their paradigm.

Epicenter will leverage, connect and facilitate these services provided by specialized organizations with the community and the people of the community to establish a true interdependent community that is the center of empowerment for the individuals of the community. Epicenter will tie these threads together while focusing on our mission of taking the youth of Baltimore from the corner to a career.

Currently we are working with the Collington Square community and we will have volunteers tutoring and mentoring in Collington Square Elementary each week throughout the school year to help the students in math and science and just be positive role models.

For more information please contact Matthew Sitek at
586.873.9437 or msitek@epicenterbaltimore.org