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Happy Holidays from Our House to Yours!
One of our holiday traditions at St. Paul Youth Services is to celebrate our wonderful staff with a few pictures from the year set to music.
Here is our 2010 version.
“Beyond the Bricks” Premiere in St. Paul
Beyond the statistics…are the real stories of the children
Beyond the obstacles…are the promises of the past
Beyond the bricks…are the hopes of tomorrow
The statistics tell us that over 50% of African American boys in this country do not graduate from high school on time.
But what are the real stories of the children…the promises of the past and the hopes of tomorrow? Those are the questions the documentary film Beyond the Bricks sets out to answer.
Please join St. Paul Youth Services on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 for the Twin Cities premiere of this important documentary. But more importantly, join the conversation about what we can do in this community to get beyond the statistics and solve this problem. Leading that discussion will be a panel of experts including Derek Koen, Director of “Beyond the Bricks,” and Dr. Ivory Toldson, Professor at Howard University and author of Breaking Barriers: Plotting the Path to Academic Success for School-age African-American Males.
When: Tuesday, November 16th from 9:30-12 noon
Where: Metropolitan State University, Founders Hall Auditorium, 700 East Seventh Street, St. Paul, MN 55106
To RSVP, contact Leila Paye at 651-771-1301 ext 1003 or lpaye@spys.org
