The mission of Youth of Samoa Culture Academy is to preserve, teach, celebrate, and pass forward Samoan Culture while providing youth, families, and community members with opportunities to develop cultural knowledge, identity, confidence, leadership, connection, and respect for Samoan heritage.
Our vision is to buiild a strong, inclusive cultural community where future generations remain connceted to Samoan traditions, language, values, and identity, while developing the confidence and leardership to carry those traditions forward.
Samoan language, traditions, customs, values, and cultural knowledge.
Confidence, leadership, identity, participation, and cultural pride.
Family connection, community involvement, cultural respect, and opportunities to give back.
Youth of Samoa Culture Academy youth, families, and community members who are interested in learning about, participating in, and Supporting Samoan Culture.
Youth of Samoa Culture Academy is committed to teaching and sharing Samoan Culture in a respectful, meaningful, and responsible way.
We believe our cultural learning should honor the values, traditions, languages, costumes, and identity of Samoa while creating a welcoming space for youth, families, and community to participate.
Why Youth Of Samoa Matters
Youth of Samoa Culture Academy creates more than opportunities to learn culture-it creates a place for youth to connect, participate, build confidence, and feel a sense of belonging. Through cultural education, performances, language, workshops, and community involvement, youth are given opportunities to strengthen their identity, develop leadership skills, build meaningful relationships, and carry cultural knowledge forward.
By investing in our youth today, we help preserve culture for future generations.