Need New Name for Non-Profit Arts Organization?

Question

Hi, I wanted to know if anyone could give me names to name a non-profit organization in Berkeley,CA,currently called YAYA California , my boss wants to change that name though.

The organization is an youth arts group based on the New Orleans YAYA program http://www.yayainc.com/.

We are a California interfaith non-profit organization located in South Berkeley which has developed to empower and transform the lives of homeless and at-risk East Bay youth ages 16-25 through commerical art jobs training, community art making and arts-based organizing for social change.

Description:
We want to fulfill our mission through three program areas: 1)arts furniture painting and commercial arts ventures; 2) community building through public art; 3) liberation art/faith based art for social change.

Please write new name ideas

Thanks,

Jenna

Answer 1

use the initials for Youth Arts Group, or YAG--you could call it YAG Berkeley to differentiate it from similar units elsewhere

Answer 2

Art for the World.
Young Artists for the World.
Community Art Improvement.
Helping Through Art.
Constructing Lives with Art.

Answer 3

Dear Jenna,

What a wonderful site and idea! The encouragement that must be brought to all of these children's lives, is wonderful. How about:

Just My Art
Just My Ideas
Me Being Creative
Love My Art
Art Makes It Happen
Artsy And Loving It!
The Heart Of Art
Art Alert
Enriching Art
Creating Me

Hope these spark ideas! You'll have no problem from what I've seen on the site. These kids are great at what they do!

Answer 4

I'd just call it Byaya ... Berkeley YAYA ... or you could say 'arts can set you free' or use that as the 'motto' of your organization. Because you are a 'semi-religious' organization, though, it could be 'best' if you use the name of your 'religion' to let people know ... unless you don't want them to know, or you are simply 'faith based' without being 'religious' ...