PCYC conducted a series of focus group meetings last spring to help craft its five-year Strategic Plan with input from community members, key PCYC customers and stakeholders, staff and board, students and parents.  Pictured in this session are (l-r) Kathleen Butts, PCYC Co-Director of Education; PCYC students D’Maurius Whitfield, Kimesha Boyd; Rob Nelson, community member and retired teacher; Maureen Walsh, former PCYC staff; Tom Olson, playwright and actor, and Gary Stern, consultant.  Other consultants not pictured are Bob McNulty and Shelby Andress

PCYC’s Five-Year Strategic Plan

Mission

To enrich the skills, prospects and spirit of North Minneapolis area youth and adults, in partnership with families and communities.

Vision for 2012

Plymouth Christian Youth Center is a place of strength, safety and beauty where every young person is looked out for, nurtured and challenged.  Youth, adults, families and communities come together to turn back the tides of poverty and violence, embracing hope, compassion and the reality of a better world. 

Operating Principles

• Achieve life-changing results, adapting programs and activities with the times.

• Create a welcoming, harmonious, multicultural environment.

• Work in trusting and respectful partnerships with youth, adults, families, organizations and communities.

• Serve as a vital leadership anchor, offering hope and effective action.

• Support the growth and well-being of staff, volunteers and community friends.

• Exercise wise stewardship of the organization’s gifts and assets.

2007 – 2012 Strategic Goals

I.          Increase opportunities for school and life success.

PCYC will promote positive development and academic achievement with nearly 3,000

children and youth each year by sustaining programs that are safe, structured and enriching.

II.        Tackle the achievement gap head on.

PCYC will prepare kids for real-world success by providing alternative education for at least 150 high school students annually and will open pathways for older students and adults to also earn their high school diploma or equivalent and go on to higher education.  

III.       Lead the Capri Theater renaissance.

PCYC will “bring up the lights” on year-round arts programming that inspires young people, develops their skills, builds community and draws thousands of youth and adults to a top-notch North Minneapolis performance venue on West Broadway.  

IV.        Engage local citizens and strengthen collective action.

PCYC will offer space, assistance and leadership to community groups and initiatives that are aligned with the mission and will welcome more than 4,000 people annually to meetings and events held on its campus.  

V.           Sustain the mission.

PCYC will conduct a major capital and endowment campaign; maintain a vibrant, highly regarded organization and plan for successful leadership transition.