Clarkston Youth Programs
Clarkston Community Center, 3701 College Avenue, Clarkston, GA 30021
About
Clarkston Youth Programs offers an after-school program, summer camp, and a range of youth programs that include arts and cultural classes, Vietnamese games, Tai Chi, Tabala martial arts, and Ecstatic Dance Atlanta dance groups. The program also includes English as a Second Language classes, Ballet in the Neighborhood (a free community ballet class for children ages 4–12), crochet crafts instruction, and the Care & Connection free 8-week creative wellness program.
• Schedule: Care & Connection runs as a free 8-week creative wellness program.
Founded in 1994, Clarkston Youth Programs is part of the Clarkston Community Center, which repurposed the former Clarkston High School into a facility for educational, cultural, and recreational needs. The mission of the organization is to bridge traditional U.S. citizens, newly arrived residents, and foreign-born individuals through programs and resources that celebrate cultural diversity while strengthening community bonds. The center is located in one of America’s most diverse communities and in a designated refugee resettlement city context from the early 1990s, and it serves over 60,000 people each year in the Metro-Atlanta region.
The leadership and staff team includes Executive Director Luay Sami; Office Manager Natalie Hall-Muhammad; Arts and Culture Program Manager Devin M. Young; Facilities Manager Sayed Mohammad Musa; Maintenance Coordinator Donnie Roseberry; Event Rental Coordinator Veonia R. Campbell; ESL Teacher Deon Hauser; Program Facilitator Zainab Saeedi; Youth Coordinator Faria Salat; and Crafts Instructor Robbie Barnes. The Board of Directors is chaired by Dr. Henry (Chip) Carey, with Vice-Chair Lesley Dixon, Treasurer Shirley Zambrano, Secretary Dr. Ashli Owen-Smith, and members Alma Nieto and Farah Dharamshi. Staff experience includes international cultural work, accounting and IT, community program support with roles at the City of Atlanta and CNN, logistics work with the United Nations World Food Program, teaching English abroad with a TESOL certification, case management and human resources, procurement and supply chain with World Vision Somalia, and lifelong crochet experience.
The Clarkston Community Center collaborates with Georgia State University on the Care & Connection program and has had donors including Agnes Scott College, AID Atlanta, AmeriCorps, Atlanta Braves Foundation, Atlanta Falcon Youth Foundation, Atlanta Food Bank, Atlanta Hawks Foundation, Bank of America Foundation, and the City of Clarkston. Testimonials from community members describe the center as a place that supports the community in many ways, with staff who are kind, helpful, and provide strong customer service for events, including large student and educator gatherings and holiday events.
Last updated July 30, 2026.
• Schedule: Care & Connection runs as a free 8-week creative wellness program.
Founded in 1994, Clarkston Youth Programs is part of the Clarkston Community Center, which repurposed the former Clarkston High School into a facility for educational, cultural, and recreational needs. The mission of the organization is to bridge traditional U.S. citizens, newly arrived residents, and foreign-born individuals through programs and resources that celebrate cultural diversity while strengthening community bonds. The center is located in one of America’s most diverse communities and in a designated refugee resettlement city context from the early 1990s, and it serves over 60,000 people each year in the Metro-Atlanta region.
The leadership and staff team includes Executive Director Luay Sami; Office Manager Natalie Hall-Muhammad; Arts and Culture Program Manager Devin M. Young; Facilities Manager Sayed Mohammad Musa; Maintenance Coordinator Donnie Roseberry; Event Rental Coordinator Veonia R. Campbell; ESL Teacher Deon Hauser; Program Facilitator Zainab Saeedi; Youth Coordinator Faria Salat; and Crafts Instructor Robbie Barnes. The Board of Directors is chaired by Dr. Henry (Chip) Carey, with Vice-Chair Lesley Dixon, Treasurer Shirley Zambrano, Secretary Dr. Ashli Owen-Smith, and members Alma Nieto and Farah Dharamshi. Staff experience includes international cultural work, accounting and IT, community program support with roles at the City of Atlanta and CNN, logistics work with the United Nations World Food Program, teaching English abroad with a TESOL certification, case management and human resources, procurement and supply chain with World Vision Somalia, and lifelong crochet experience.
The Clarkston Community Center collaborates with Georgia State University on the Care & Connection program and has had donors including Agnes Scott College, AID Atlanta, AmeriCorps, Atlanta Braves Foundation, Atlanta Falcon Youth Foundation, Atlanta Food Bank, Atlanta Hawks Foundation, Bank of America Foundation, and the City of Clarkston. Testimonials from community members describe the center as a place that supports the community in many ways, with staff who are kind, helpful, and provide strong customer service for events, including large student and educator gatherings and holiday events.
Last updated July 30, 2026.
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