The Shakur Center's mission was to provide opportunities for young people through the arts, and offered programs such as drama, dance, and creative writing classes.

The organization also ran a Performing Arts Day Camp for youth ages twelve to eighteen.

[2] It was designed to bring quality arts training to young people including some students who face many social-economic issues such as poverty.

In 2006, the music video for the single Pac's Life, from Tupac's eponymous album was shot on location.

[6] Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur also went to Africa in 2006 and fostered a relationship between the Center and the Nelson Mandela Foundation.