2015 Gala Program - Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc. | Page 3

About Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc. About Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc. A Not-For-Profit certificate obtained from New York Department of State in August 2012 and obtained 501(c)(3) status on February 20, 2015. Founded by art educator, textile artist and fashion designer; Madona Cole-Lacy, M.A. Ed., with the support and consultation of her husband; James A. Lacy, LCSW, a highly experienced not-for-profit administrator and psychotherapist * An outgrowth of the free voluntary community service initiatives conducted through Madona Cole-Lacy’s for-profit ventures, My Time has Come programs, Madona Cole Originals and the annual Self-Empowering Workshop for College Bound High School Students. The Annual College Bound Self-Empowerment Workshop is now incorporated into this organization’s program offerings. Mission Statement To empower children, adolescents and parents of all race,