Church/Community Cooperation
The Voyage of Exploration Program brings together a village of people interested in the success of minority, under-served and under-resourced young people. The Sankofa Community Development Corporation, the New Psalmist Baptist Church and the Living Classroom Foundation with funds from the National Science Foundation seek participants for the Voyage Program. Program participants are sought from the church membership. The Living Classrooms Foundation works with six schools from the Target Investment Zone in East Baltimore to recruit students for after school sessions. Sankofa reaches out to nine, mostly West Baltimore City Public Schools with which they have partnered to provide students and teachers with the supplies they need during the academic year. Sankofa also seeks students from other interested Baltimore City schools, community groups or individuals in or near Baltimore City. New Psalmist also serves as headquarters for the Kingdom Association of Covenant Pastors (KACP). KACP churches also recruit Voyage participants through their outreach efforts.