OUR PHILOSOPHY

The goal is to create an urban performing artist community advocating, teaching, demonstrating collective work and responsibility promoting, health, self-determination and discipline through creative edutainment artistic experiences and exploration. This community represents all of the performing arts and serves as an alternative means of intervention when traditional forms don’t work. We unite creative warriors against apathy and parasites on the communities in which we live.

Founded in 1986, Urban Warriors were challenged to reach youth that traditional program were not impacting, SDUW used the arts for prevention, intervention and ongoing support for addressing the self destruction some of our infected youth and community members were embracing. San Diego Urban Warriors’ used gang diversion funds to creative development events that required the youth, family and community be involved. Founder Dajahn Blevins taught health education and performing arts to so called at-risk youth as a means of social development, cultural enrichment and self-empowerment. The students and their families presented to sold-out houses at the San Diego Repertory Theatre at the end of the program, and the feedback from the community was so strong, Edu-tainment was born.

OUR TEAM