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Movement BE — Creative Arts & Education

Tell your storybefore they do.

Empowering the next generation through storytelling, creative arts, and education.

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What Movement BE is

Not an afterschool program. Not a local youth center. A storytelling-centered educational methodology — and the creative arts partner that helps institutions implement, customize and scale it.

Our Methodology

Four pillars.
One story.

The Movement BE methodology moves young people from self-discovery to real-world opportunity. Each pillar builds on the last, and every program we deliver is structured around all four.

Discover and express your identity.

Students examine where they come from, what they value and who they are becoming — then learn to express it through voice, sound, image and performance.

  • Identity mapping
  • Personal narrative
  • Voice and authorship

Build meaningful connections.

Stories are shared, heard and built together. Collaborative creative work develops empathy, trust and the ability to connect across differences.

  • Peer collaboration
  • Active listening
  • Mentorship

Develop confidence and direction.

When young people see their story has value, confidence follows. Students connect their identity to goals, values and a sense of direction.

  • Goal setting
  • Self-advocacy
  • Reflection

Turn creativity into real-world opportunities.

Creative skills become career-ready skills. Students explore industries, build portfolios and practice the communication and leadership that open doors.

  • Career exploration
  • Portfolio building
  • Industry exposure
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Integrated by design

Where three disciplines meet.

Most programs treat social-emotional growth, the arts and career preparation as separate efforts. The Movement BE methodology integrates them into one continuous experience.

  1. 01

    Social-emotional learning

    Self-awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making are practiced through the act of telling — and listening to — real stories.

  2. 02

    Creative expression

    Podcasting, music, theater, film and visual art give every student a medium for their voice, and a reason to keep developing it.

  3. 03

    Career readiness

    Every creative project mirrors professional practice: deadlines, collaboration, presentation and feedback that translate directly to the workforce.

Education & Programs

Built to fit
your institution.

Movement BE offerings are designed as modular, customizable programs for institutional partners. We work with each partner to shape scope, schedule, age group and outcomes around their students and mission.

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Offering 01

Creative Arts Education

Hands-on creative programming that gives students real tools, real studios and a real audience for their stories.

  • Podcasting and digital storytelling
  • Music and audio production
  • Theater and public speaking
  • Film and media production
  • Visual arts and creative expression

Customizable in scope, format and schedule for each partner.

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Offering 02

Curriculum Development

Storytelling-based curriculum and educator resources that bring the Movement BE methodology into classrooms and existing programs.

  • Secondary education
  • Social-emotional learning
  • Storytelling-based curriculum
  • Teacher resources and professional development

Customizable in scope, format and schedule for each partner.

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Offering 03

Workforce Readiness

Programming that connects creative skill-building to careers, leadership and the industries students want to enter.

  • Career exploration
  • Communication and leadership
  • Creative industry pathways
  • Future-ready skills

Customizable in scope, format and schedule for each partner.

Partnerships

Built for institutions.
Designed for impact.

Movement BE has worked alongside school districts, county education offices, colleges, workforce boards, sports academies and creative studios. Each relationship is shaped around a specific area of collaboration, and the model adapts to new partners.

Become a Partner

Current and past collaborators

  • School district

    San Diego Unified Extended Learning

    Area of collaborationAfterschool & summer programming

    Collaboration focused on afterschool and summer programming for students through the district’s Extended Learning programs.

  • Juvenile Court & Community Schools

    San Diego County Office of Education

    Area of collaborationEducational collaboration

    Collaboration with the county’s Juvenile Court and Community Schools, which serve students in alternative education settings.

  • Higher education

    National University

    Area of collaborationCurriculum development & educational collaboration

    Collaboration focused on curriculum development and education-centered work.

  • Higher education

    San Diego Community College District

    Area of collaborationEducational collaboration

    Collaboration with San Diego’s community college district on education-centered work.

  • Workforce boards

    San Diego Workforce Partnership & CareerSource Tampa Bay

    Area of collaborationWorkforce readiness & career pathways

    Collaboration with workforce boards in San Diego and Tampa Bay focused on connecting young people to workforce readiness and career pathways.

  • Sports academy

    San Diego FC / Right to Dream

    Area of collaborationCreative arts programming

    Collaboration focused on creative arts programming for young people in an elite sports academy environment.

  • Creative studio

    STVDIO Space

    Area of collaborationCreative collaboration

    Creative collaboration connecting young people to working creative environments.

Organization names are listed to describe areas of collaboration only and do not imply endorsement. All names are the property of their respective owners.

Movement BE founder Nate Howard, in an olive suit, speaks into a microphone while seated on stage.
Nate HowardFounder, Movement BE

About Movement BE

Every young person deserves to define who they are.

Movement BE was founded by Nate Howard on a simple conviction: if young people do not tell their own story, someone else will tell it for them.

Nate is a social entrepreneur, storyteller, speaker and education innovator. Movement BE grew out of his work with young people and his belief that storytelling is one of the most powerful tools for building identity, confidence and direction.

What began as creative programming became a methodology — Story, Relationships, Purpose, Pathway — that can be taught, adapted and implemented by institutions of every size. Today Movement BE partners with schools, universities, sports academies and organizations to bring that approach to more young people.

  • Social entrepreneur
  • Storyteller
  • Speaker
  • Education innovator
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In the spotlight

Movement BE
on screen.

News coverage of the Movement BE Center and the young people creating there, and founder Nate Howard on stage.

Contact

Start a partnership.

Tell us about your institution and the young people you serve. We will follow up to explore what a Movement BE partnership could look like for you.

We work with

  • School districts & K–12 schools
  • Colleges & universities
  • Sports academies & clubs
  • Foundations & funders
  • Community & cultural institutions

Partnership interest