The mission of Provenance Center is multi-dimensional in nature, with three key components, namely the promotion of cultural awareness, cultural understanding, and cultural competence. We seek to enhance awareness and understanding of culture through exploration and examination of various social and ethnic origins. The primary means for this will be exposure to a wide range of artistic and other modes of expression of thoughts, ideas and perspectives from all over the world.

Provenance Center hosts a variety of cultural forums involving film, discussion groups and language-focused social gatherings. Among the events planned and issues to be addressed:

- International Film Night - once each month a foreign film (with English subtitles) will be shown at Provenance Center, accompanied by food and drink from the country or region of the film, and followed by discussion of topics and themes presented in the film.

- Health Equity Discussion Series - once each month, there will be a discussion group addressing issues of healthcare, specifically as pertaining to minority groups and others who have experienced disenfranchisement and/or restricted access to quality healthcare services. A wide range of issues will be open for discussion and all viewpoints will be welcome. Films which address these issues will also be occasionally shown, with accompanying discussion. Furthermore, it is anticipated that select local healthcare professionals will be invited to participate in these discussions.

- Art Exhibits - Provenance Center hosts ongoing thematic exhibitions addressing the wide range of human experience, specifically as pertaining to the origins of cultural and artistic expression. These exhibits will embark upon a journey exploring the origins of many representations of human culture, society and civilization, such as art, symbols, religion, magic, science, language and spirituality, from the ancient to the modern world.

- Education and Training Programs - (through Mijoba Communications, LLC) are designed for the healthcare industry and other business enterprises to address increasingly diverse multicultural communities. These programs are directed at both internal issues, such as maximization of employee productivity through awareness of diversity within a specific work environment, and also the many important issues pertaining to addressing the needs of patients, clients and customers. Multicultural awareness is a vital component of any organizational strategy. In many communities today, one finds different languages, cultural attitudes and historical backgrounds in addition to diverse approaches to various health and illness beliefs. Cultural competency training and education is vital to the fostering of appreciation and awareness of culturally-based perspectives regardless of the population to be served.

PROV·E·NANCE, derived from the French provenir and the Latin provenire, means the origin or source of something, and is also used to designate the history of an object in terms of ownership. Establishment of provenance is often a crucial factor in the authentication of a work of art, artifact or historical site. In many fields of inquiry, the primary purpose of provenance is to confirm or gather evidence as to the time, place, and even the person responsible for the creation, production or discovery of the object of inquiry. This will typically be accomplished by tracing the whole history of the object up to the present time.