Tupac Amaru Shakur Center For The Arts
The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, based in Stone Mountain, Georgia, is a performing arts center supported through the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation. The Shakur Center's mission is to provide opportunities for young people through the arts, and offers programs such as drama, dance, and creative writing classes. The organization also runs a Performing Arts Day Camp for youth ages twelve to eighteen.
The center is named in honor of the late American rap artist Tupac Shakur, and was founded by his mother Afeni Shakur.
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