Error message

Deprecated function: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in include_once() (line 20 of /webroot/g/a/gatew006/primary/www/includes/file.phar.inc).

Black & Green Wed October 1— How Can Youth Change the World?

Submitted by rhunt
on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 1:10pm
Date: 
10/01/2014 - 7:00pm

Black & Green Wednesday

FORUM: How Can Youth Change the World?

WHEN: 7 pm, Wednesday, October 1, 2014

WHERE: Legacy Books and Café, 5249 Delmar (near Union) 63108

*  Jonathan McFarland, Scene Everywhere

*  Nabu Kolencherry, St. Louis University (SLU) Campus Ministries

*  Amari Sneferu, Junior Black Chamber of Commerce (JBCC)

*  Elston McCowan, Green Party of St. Louis

*  Vickie Ingram, Gateway Green Alliance [moderator]

How can youth influence media?  How can they have media by youth and for youth?  What role can programs such as Harambee 101 on Green Time TV play?  How do politics affect youth and how can they affect politics?  We know that most youth are not receiving the organizing skills they need in school.  But some are working to change this.  St. Louis University students are volunteering to work with children at Walbridge Elementary School, including tutoring and drumming.  The JBCC is teaching youth how to set up businesses in the black community and is addressing skills as varied as self-reliance, character building and urban gardening.  Family Community Specialists in St. Louis are removing barriers for youth to be successfully engaged with their communities.