Our Mission

Our Mission is to present a forum where youths of our communities regardless of race, color, religion, or economic status are equally exposed to positive leadership enhancing future direction, where building blocks are provided leading to an improved self-image and increased self-esteem. We will teach youth how to embrace ethical behaviors that will benefit future career opportunities and entrepreneurship as well as the importance and necessity of commitment to themselves and others empowering wholesome lifelong citizens who are mentally, physically, and spiritually effective.

Meet the Founders:

Keith Douglas and H.E. Ruffino Anderson are the founders of the non-profit organization Palace of Care and Goodwill, Inc. Together they both share the same passion for youth in the community. The organization fulfills its mission through one major program called Back to School "Stop the Violence" Youth Empowerment. It focuses on improving self-esteeem and minimum crime in the lives of our youth today.

Under this program, we are able to produce empowering workshops for youth as well as adults, conduct a Financial Literacy Workshop for parents, provide Free lunch, school supplies and backpacks for those in attendance. The event’s success continues to grow each year with new cities being added to the tour.

RKD Music & Talent Management, one of the fastest growing music management firms in the music industry. Keith Douglas, who is the Founder and Chairman of the Board, has been representing major artists for over 15 years now. RKD Music Management houses many artists like Leela James, Darlene McCoy, Tonya Baker and Deja Bryson to name a few. Also the company represents names like Actress Tasha Smith, Letoya Luckett, Lance Gross, Tisha Campbell-Martin and Rockmond Dunbar under its Speakers Bureau Institute. This new divsion has allowed the company to expand into wider markets.To view more talent that the compnay represents visit www.rkdmusic.com

Andrea Wilson, Executive Director for the Back 2 School Tour program, is also President of RKD Music Management. Working closely with Palace of Care & Goodwill, Inc, Andrea makes sure that every event in each city entails a full day of activities and events by capturing many philanthropists and key individuals who can help speak up about the issues that are affecting our youth. The National team has grown monthly as events are planned in each city. If you'd like to be apart of the National Committee for the Back 2 School Tour program, please email us. National Board of Directors If you would like to be apart of the Board of Directors of Palace of Care & Goodwill, Inc, please email your biography and stats to youthbacktoschool@gmail.com

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About Us

As a multi-cultural back to school event, our program for the past 12 years have impacted the lives of over 35,000 youth from the greater Los Angeles area, provided scholarships to college bound youth, and school supplies to over 15,000 youth participants gaining us support from political arenas as well as from celebrities that support our mission.  Our mission is to take this tour Nationwide. We believe that this is a tremendous opportunity to foster positive community relationships, while encouraging our youth community to cherish their education and their success.

For many the evening news is the relaxing time at the close of a productive and busy workday.  Unfortunately for many communities the evening can be the worst time of the day fearing that they themselves may become the headline story. As we all know current issues such as: drugs, violence, teen pregnancies, teens with HIV and teen school drop out rates are continuing to escalate. This increase is impacting our elementary schools as administration and educators have to contend with these issues like never before.  With these climbing statistics, if change is going to come we must be on the front line to escort our youth toward the tools needed to become stable contributors to society.
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