The Ever Forward Club is a youth development and mentoring program whose mission is to create communities of students who are setting and achieving their personal goals inside and outside the classroom. Taking off the Mask is a workshop created by Ashanti Branch M.Ed. for The Ever Forward Club. This 2 hour, hands on workshop provides participants a safe place to look behind the mask that we wear on a daily basis and that often gets in our way of living truly fulfilling lives. This workshop was created for students in Oakland and portions of this work will be featured in an upcoming documentary that will be released at this years Sundance Film Festival. The documentary is created by by Jennifer Siebel Newsom and the team who brought you Miss Representation, called "The Mask you Live in" the trailer can be seen here: http://youtu.be/hc45-ptHMxo