🌿 Mental Health Session for African Immigrant Parents & Caregivers 🌿
You’re warmly invited to join us for an empowering session on caring for your mental health and supporting your family.
It’s better to have information and not need it than to need it and not have it.
🗓 Saturday, June 6, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
📍 JFK Community Center, Florissant
We are honored to host Dr. Susan Gitau, a Counseling Psychologist and trauma expert, who will share practical insights on mental wellness, parenting, and building strong families.
✨ Sign Up:
Come learn, connect, and grow with other parents in a supportive space.
You don’t have to do it alone—join us and take a step toward better mental well-being. 💚
Come as you are and take a meaningful step toward caring for your mental health. 💚
Parents, lets take care of our mental health first to better take care of our family. You can,t pour from an empty cup

Make a difference and Cultural Exchange Opportunity

INCORPORATING OUR CULTURE INTO HEALTHCARE

You’re Invited: Incorporating Our Culture Into Healthcare
Join Vitendo 4 Africa for a powerful community conversation on how culture strengthens healthcare, healing, and well-being.
We’re honored to host Joseph Kimani, Chief Officer of Culture, Heritage and Social Services, Baringo County Government, as our guest speaker.
Date: Saturday, June 13th, 2026
Time: 4 PM – 7 PM
Location: Vitendo 4 Africa, 7220 N Lindbergh Blvd, Hazelwood, MO 63042
Let’s talk about the role our traditions, values, and heritage play in health. Your voice matters in this conversation.
All are welcome. Please share with family and friends.

UPCOMING EVENTS

COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR ON JUNE 20TH

Women Empowerment Forum

2026 AFRICA DAY STL

V4A ANNUAL GALA

V4A DANCE CLASSES IS ON FRIDAYS AT 6.30 PM at covenant Church 3465 Shackelford Rd, MO 63031. 

F4KIDZ African Performing Arts offers unique opportunity to share the rich African culture through dance and music. This group of young artists comprising of middle school immigrant students, uses the dance and drumming to promote the African culture in Missouri.

Immigrant parents have willingly made many sacrifices, but often do not anticipate the culture clash and conflict with their own teens who, growing up in America, have a far greater identification with American culture. Their behavior and values may baffle or appall these parents and defeat their expectations. Sometimes the teens have internal conflict as well. They may feel culturally split, trying to be a dutiful, traditional child at home and an all American girl/boy at school. These competing requirements can be very stressful as teens essentially lead a double life, with all the lies that entails. WATCH VIDEO

V4A promotes discussion forums and activities between parents and kids to help improve communication and resolve conflicts. In June we host dady/daughter dinner date and every Friday we have soccer and volleyball. This gives parents and kids opportunity to exercise and to bond with their children.

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CHESS IS HELD THE 3RD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM 2PM TO 3.30 PM

Sign up for Youth mentorship Program for 12 years to 24 years

. In Person

Art therapy for children can be very beneficial, especially at this time where many kids are emotionally affected by the pandemic and many refugee kids from war trauma.
Art Therapy is popular in schools and hospitals due to its healing and behavior management potential. Children who take part is art therapy have a chance to express themselves about topics that may be too difficult to vocalize. Whether drawing, painting, or writing poetry, the expressive therapy can increase confidence and self-awareness, relieve stress, or provide a coping mechanism for children who have emotional conflicts.
Sign up for this program. This class will also accommodate the underserved children in our community with developmental problems or speech disorders.
The class size is very small and is only on first come first served.

Events

Calendar of Events

Here are some dates on the calendars:

  • Mentorship meeting at 12 pm to 1.30 pm. Meetings every 3rd Saturday of the month.
  • Building Momentum Third Thursday of January, April, July, and October.
  • Educational Forums: Homeownership, business start-ups, financial literacy, health education, investments, etc. Every second Friday of the month at 6 pm.
  • African Professional Network forums. Last Thursday every other month.
  • Community Leaders Meeting. Three times a year. January , June, and September
  • Annual Events.
    Health Fair First Saturday of February and June.
    Fundraiser Annual Gala Second Saturday of November.
  • Board Meeting held quarterly on 1st Saturdays; December, March, July, Oct