The name Amerikids comes from the fact that our youth no matter how misguided many of them appear to be are really products of the American misplaced value system! Whatever they are, they are MADE in America! A kid is a baby goat. Our children are not goats, but they have been made rebellious like them. Our struggle is to make them submissive like sheep to righteous principles. 

In a spiritual metaphor America is like our mother. Being born here we come into this world needing to be cleansed from the afterbirth of our mother (America). Being that our mother (America) suffers from so many spiritual diseases, she is in need of operation while she carries us in her womb because as her child we are affected by her diseases (racism, sexism, materialism and nationalism). 

When a doctor wants to help save an unborn baby being developed in the womb of an ill affected mother they will have to go into the mother and bring the child out from the womb just a little in order to operate or correct the problem and then place the unborn child back until it's time to come to birth. This operation represents what my brand The Amerikids attempts to do. While still in America we are operating on the hearts and minds of our youth to "SHIFT THE PARADIGM; CULTIVATE TRUE GREATNESS" in order to reverse the negative effects that racism, sexism, materials and nationalism has had and continues to have on them and the world!

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Our Amerikids art can provide several profound benefits for our youth and their day-to-day environments.

Amerikids can help improve school, library, office and home climate: Foster a warm and supportive climate that emphasizes positive, proactive, and preventive practices aligned to a sense of physical and emotional well- being. Both children and adults should experience joy in being present in an environment where their identity is positively reflected.

Our artwork can equip school and social service staff with materials that align with evidence-based Social Emotional Learning (SEL) approaches! It infuses curriculum materials with underrepresented and disenfranchised groups It can also help build self-esteem and dismantle negative stereotypes. Lastly, it can help facilitate tough discussions on race; social justice and mis-education

In addition to that, it can be used as a tool to increase Literacy and Emotional Intelligence (EI). It promotes positive sense of self-worth and identity. Lastly, we aim to break the school to prison pipeline and close the achievement gap by improving student’s attitude toward education and increase students’ interest in learning.

Mr. Fabor Muhammad is a Paterson native who overcame the challenging environment of an upbringing in an urban city housing development. He believes in cultivating the inner gifts that human beings have to offer society. He does this by providing arts enrichment and empowering workshops in the community and through his work in the Paterson Public Schools System where he is currently a high school Art teacher at Garrett Morgan Academy High School. He has also worked for several years at the Paterson’s YMCA as a life skills counselor for teenage youth who are in DYFS. His work there was so impressive that the agency frequently retains him as a consultant to offer his courses to various youth programs to prepare them for higher learning and setting career objectives. For Mr. Fabor Muhammad, the desire to elevate people especially our youth is a passionate motivation. After one semester, he withdrew from a Masters of Architecture Program at NJIT because he wanted to build people more than he wanted to build buildings! His work experience as a counselor, teacher and coach has increased both his zeal and effectiveness toward his said objective.

As a result of passion, dedication and hard work he was honored for the NJ Governor’s 2005 Teacher of the Year Award and Who’s Who among America’s Teachers 2005-06. Most recently, Mr. Fabor Muhammad has been recognized by Paterson, NJ City Officials for the Booker T. Washington Award in 2016 as well as by the State of New Jersey EOF Program for the 2016 Thomas H. Kean Outstanding Professional Award! Mr. Fabor Muhammad is also a talented visual artist, creative writer, model and actor. He is the Founder and Director of the Creative Force Alliance for Education through Arts & Culture which focuses on after-school programs in the arts, and a new non-profit community arts program called the ARC (Arts Reforming Communities) which focuses on Creative Place making and beautifying underserved areas.

His work has appeared in various art exhibits in New York City including “Art Off the Main” and the “Harlem Fine Art Show in New York and recently in Martha’s Vinyard. Annually he curates his own group exhibition for Black Fine Artist called, “The Rising Phoenix!” He is, also the proud creator of “The Amerikids” a whimsical single-panel political cartoon which focuses on education and social justice. He is the illustrator of the children’s book, “Enough of Frankie Already,” a children’s book about bullying and “When I Grow Up” a children’s book about careers. Mr. Fabor Muhammad has appeared in two films, “Life Outside of Pearl” starring Jimmie Jean-Louis and “Umi” directed by Jamarl Hall. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. He received additional training at two renowned institutions in New York City, the Ophelia DeVore School of Charm and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Currently he holds a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from Caldwell College and is an adjunct professor in William Paterson University’s Education Department. He looks forward to sharing his knowledge, skill and talent with you.