Our goals and desired outcomes are youth focused. We strive to develop our young people's capacity to evaluate, plan and enact their own positive development as well as to work with others to do the same. They learn to work together to become effective, problem-solving, highly-engaged citizens in their own lives and those of their communities. The goals for each youth participant in City at Peace-New York are achieved when he or she reaches six outcomes:

1) Cross-cultural Collaboration: Participants learn how to and has the experience of, building meaningful cross-cultural relationships and working together in a diverse context.

2) Non-violent Conflict Resolution: Participants gain the experience of resolving the conflicts he/she faces and learn how to, and become committed to, resolving conflicts he/she will face without resorting to violence.

3) Leadership: Participants understand his/her responsibility and accountability to others, learn to act on that recognition, develop the maturity, dependability and communication skills necessary to succeed.

4) Community Action and Responsibility: Participants gain the awareness of his/her responsibility to his/her community and are capable of leading positive change in his/her community and the world around him/her.

5) Sense of Future: Participants gain the confidence that he/she has a future, that he/she can be a powerful force for positive change in that future, and he/she has the skills to plan and achieve results for the future.

6) Performing Arts: Participants gain an increased ability to create, produce and perform for the stage utilizing voice, movement, acting and improvisation, working to the highest level of his/her abilities.