WorldBeat Center Youth Programs and Summer Camp
Balboa Park, 2100 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101
About
WorldBeat Center Youth Programs and Summer Camp includes a Performing Arts and Science Summer Camp where children take part in drumming, dance, organic gardening, African history, and citizen science through Celebrate Urban Birds. The program also offers school tours, internship programs, workshops, events, and STEM research projects as part of its youth-focused activities.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
The WorldBeat Center is a nonprofit multi-cultural arts organization with youth programs and summer camp activities that focus on Music, Art, Dance, Multi-Media Arts, Education, and STEAM Research. The organization was founded in San Diego, CA, as WorldBeat Productions in 1984 and later became the WorldBeat Cultural Center founded by Executive Director Makeda Cheatom (also known as Makeda Dread) in 1993. Its mission states that it is dedicated to promoting, preserving, and celebrating the African Diaspora and Indigenous cultures of the world, and that its main goal is to create unity within diversity. Each year, WorldBeat Cultural Center serves over 6,000 children and youth through drumming, dance, organic gardening, and African history.
The Healing Peace Garden connected to the youth programs is described as an urban oasis with countless rare edible and medicinal plants that hold cultural significance and functions as an Outdoor Classroom that educates students on agriculture and nutrition. It is identified as the first sustainable, edible garden in Balboa Park, is described as a “healing garden” or “noise refuge,” and is a Certified Monarch Waystation and a Certified Wildlife Habitat. The Enchanted Children’s Sound Garden is an extension to the garden dedicated to children that is being developed. The Healing Peace Garden welcomes K–12 schools, college groups, and homeschool families for planned workshops and tours and is open for special collaborative events and workshops throughout the year.
WorldBeat Cultural Center has partnered with Cultural Homestay International to provide internships in various departments. WorldBeat Center is one of the four CO-PI organizations leading the NOISE Project, a national community science project on the effects of noise pollution funded by the National Science Foundation (DRL-1811234).
Last updated March 27, 2026.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
The WorldBeat Center is a nonprofit multi-cultural arts organization with youth programs and summer camp activities that focus on Music, Art, Dance, Multi-Media Arts, Education, and STEAM Research. The organization was founded in San Diego, CA, as WorldBeat Productions in 1984 and later became the WorldBeat Cultural Center founded by Executive Director Makeda Cheatom (also known as Makeda Dread) in 1993. Its mission states that it is dedicated to promoting, preserving, and celebrating the African Diaspora and Indigenous cultures of the world, and that its main goal is to create unity within diversity. Each year, WorldBeat Cultural Center serves over 6,000 children and youth through drumming, dance, organic gardening, and African history.
The Healing Peace Garden connected to the youth programs is described as an urban oasis with countless rare edible and medicinal plants that hold cultural significance and functions as an Outdoor Classroom that educates students on agriculture and nutrition. It is identified as the first sustainable, edible garden in Balboa Park, is described as a “healing garden” or “noise refuge,” and is a Certified Monarch Waystation and a Certified Wildlife Habitat. The Enchanted Children’s Sound Garden is an extension to the garden dedicated to children that is being developed. The Healing Peace Garden welcomes K–12 schools, college groups, and homeschool families for planned workshops and tours and is open for special collaborative events and workshops throughout the year.
WorldBeat Cultural Center has partnered with Cultural Homestay International to provide internships in various departments. WorldBeat Center is one of the four CO-PI organizations leading the NOISE Project, a national community science project on the effects of noise pollution funded by the National Science Foundation (DRL-1811234).
Last updated March 27, 2026.
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