A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that utilizes the Arts * Fashion * Culture and Creative Counseling as an out-of-the-box approach to Youth and Family Empowerment for the Successful Navigation of 21st Century Life Challenges & Pitfalls! Your Time for Creative Empowerment, Inc. educates and empowers children, adolescents and parents of both secular and faith-based communities in the Long Island area. By introducing the unique qualities and approaches of the visual, literary and performing artist as viable problem-solving and personal development enhancement tools, we awaken "the artist" in all people as they develop problem solving skills of their own through the vehicle of the arts, fashion and culture as mechanisms to: • Improve interpersonal relationships • Avoid pitfalls that are unique to life in the 21st Century • Increase cultural sensitivity.