Who we are.
All Stars Pillars
As All Stars Project moves forward toward a caring 21st Century America, we have three pillars to help ensure that we stay true to our mission so that young people and poor communities have access to the highest quality development environments in the country.
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Performance Programs
Recognized as a powerful engine of development, performance – onstage and off – is at the heart of everything we do at All Stars, where people of all ages and from all walks of life are supported to step outside their comfort zones, experience new ideas, people and cultures and grow together. Visit the All Stars Talent Show Network and the Performance Lab pages to learn more.
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Partnership with Caring Adults
All Stars partners with caring adults who help guide and enhance the personal and professional development of young people in programs such as the Development School for Youth (DSY) and Development Coaching. We create community by bringing together caring adults and poor and underserved youth so that they can build something new together.
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Bridge Building
Operation Conversation and Operation Conversation: Cops & Kids are All Stars’ innovative bridge-building initiatives.
Operation Conversation addresses the social and racial divides in America. In a two-part workshop, people from diverse communities learn and perform with new tools that develop empathy, appreciation and curiosity. Operation Conversation: Cops & Kids is our police community relations program which partners with the Newark Police Division and the NYPD to help youth and officers development a positive relationship.
Our bold vision.
All Stars Project is on the forefront of building community by bridging racial, economic and social divisions to develop a caring 21st Century America.
Our impact.
Each year, All Stars afterschool development programs involve tens of thousands of inner-city young people and adults from all walks of life in transforming their lives and communities.
10,000 youth and community
members reached annually
members reached annually
Our partners.
Today, over 200 companies across the country, including RBC Capital Markets, Paramount Global, EY, Gilead Sciences, Aon, CBRE, JPMorgan, and KPMG are participating in our involvement philanthropy model of partnership through our Afterschool Development programs, giving tens of thousands of hours of personal time to share their lives, expertise, and workplaces with some of our nation’s most marginalized young people.
Featured Partner
Denise Bernard Privacy Compliance Program Manager, Google
Featured Partner
Kim Kesler Dallas Office Managing Partner, KPMG
Featured Partner
Joe Peiser Global CEO, AON
All Stars milestones.
1984
First All Stars talent show is held in the South Bronx.
1990
Gabrielle L. Kurlander becomes All Stars’ president and first full-time staff member.
1994
President’s Committee is formed to lead growth initiatives and expansion.
1997
The Development School for Youth (DSY) is launched and named after Joseph A. Forgione.
2004
Youth Onstage! debuts.
2008
Renovated 42nd Street center in NYC re-opens as our national headquarters.
2011
Operation Conversation: Cops and Kids becomes part of NYPD officer training.
2013
Scott Flamm Center for Afterschool Development opens in downtown Newark.
2013
New All Stars city programs expand to Dallas, TX.
2014
DSY doubles in size nationwide.
2015
Awarded the 2015 IACP and Cisco Community Policing Award from The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) for Operation Conversation: Cops & Kids, in partnership with the NYPD.
2016
Received Simmons Luminary Award from Southern Methodist University for All Stars innovative work to build the field of Afterschool Development.
2017
Launch of All Stars sixth city, Jersey City; and expansion of Operation Conversation: Cops & Kids in partnership with the Newark Police Division.
2018
Castillo Theatre celebrates 35 years of producing cutting edge off-off-broadway theatre for diverse audiences.
2020
ASP completes a groundbreaking evaluation conducted witH SMU’s Center on Research and Evaluation that systemically validates our development through performance approach.
2021
ASP launches Development Coaching, a new virtual program connecting young people and caring adults nationwide.
2022
Gabrielle Kurlander (Founding CEO, 1989-2023) launches the Performance Lab.