The Vera Project is a music and arts center run by and for youth. Vera’s mission is to fuel personal and community transformation through popular music shows produced in partnership with young people in Seattle. The Vera Project (Vera) is what every teenager wants, a music-arts center run by and for youth. By engaging participants at all levels of music production and community organizing, Vera strives to fulfill its mission to fuel personal and community transformation through the vehicle of popular music shows produced in partnership with young people in Seattle. Since its inception in 2000, Vera has provided a unique resource to Seattle’s youth and music community by maintaining a safe, alcohol-and-smoke free environment for people of all ages to come together and experience music in a way that transcends commercial entertainment and erases divisions between performer, staff and audience.