The Ethics Project's 17 Year Magazine by The Ethics Project

As the Founder and President of The Ethics Project, I am proud to celebrate our 17th year of service by acknowledging not only the milestones we've achieved but also the many individuals who have contributed their time, talent, and resources to help us reach them Since our founding in July 2007 the number of incarcerated individuals in the United States was 2,300,000, that number is now 1,900,000. This reduction represents 400,000 individuals and approximately 800,000 children who have been given hope for a better future Healing for their families can begin

We are deeply grateful to our volunteers, some who have traveled the country for our youth, national leaders who have stepped up, speakers who generously share their time, donors who support us with their contributions, churches that open their doors, schools that embrace our mission, and universities that provide space, staff, and resources to help us achieve our vision. It is through the collective efforts of these individuals and organizations across the country that we can celebrate moving toward a more just and equitable society.

THE ETHICS PROJECT

"As we continue to serve the community locally and nationally, The Ethics Project is expanding its vision to raise the bar on ethics in business, education, law, and legislation. By increasing ethics in all arenas, we will have an even greater influence on reducing the impact of mass incarceration on children, families, and communities."

Dr.

Christi Griffin

Pictured: The Business and Education Panel for The Ethics Projects second State of Public Safety in St Louis, 2024, Pictured left to right: Maxine Clark, Founder, Build a Bear Corporation and visionary of The Delmar Divine Dr Sharonica Hardin-Bartley, Superintendent, University City School District, Dr Art McCoy ,, school Superintendent Emeritus, social entrepreneur, and founder of Severing the Gap, and Dr. Howard Fields, Educator

Photo credit David Fingal, Back Page Photo credit Keith Griffin II, Dr Griffin Photo credit Lawrence Bryant

THE FIRST DECADE

OUR VISION IS A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY WHERE ALL ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE

CONSORTIUMS OF PRISON AGENCIES & MINISTRIES

The first Consortium of Prison Agency and Ministries was held at the United Way of Metropolitan St. Louis in 2008 and was attended by over 70 non-profit executives, a panel of experts The consortium was replicated in six states around the country and launched new collaborations in eight cities >>>

YOUTH SUMMITS

The first youth summits held in four St. Louis Public high schools brought together over 2000 students with 150 community leaders Through collaborations with Forest Park Community College, area school districts and the University of Missouri St Louis, the summits grew into a regional effort and eventually The National Youth Summit on Education, Justice, & Leadership

FERGUSON &

TOWNHALL MEETINGS

Partnering with area churches, The Ethics Project held multiple townhall meetings on topics ranging from overpolicing, crime and violence to economic opportunities, each utilized speakers from the regional FBI director to legislators

PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL

Of the many roles the Ethics Project played during Ferguson, including trainings and meetings with with Rev. Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. held a breakfast to bridge the gap between the law enforcement leadership and protesters, participated in a PBS documentary and was interviewed by CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and numerous other national news outlets

PUBLIC SPEAKING

EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CRIMINAL INJUSTICE AND MASS INCARCERATION ON CHILDREN, FAMILIEIS AND COMMUNUTIES

Be it our founder speaking to groups, lecturing, interviewing the great-great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells for PBS Books, or providing opportunities for students to introduce our civil rights legends to their peers, speaking has been an important aspect of raising awareness of the impact of injustice and mass incarceration. For decades we have been indoctrinated to believe that prisons are the answer to social ills created by systems that feed the school to prison pipeline. Public speaking raises awareness of the destruction that an overly punitive society has caused, increasing drug addiction, crime, and violence exponentially in conjunction with the rise of privatization of prison.

Day One: Following the 2016 election, hundreds gathered at Washington University to view the Ava Duvernay documentary “13th” and discuss a path forward The discussion was led by panelists former Missouri State Senator, Jeff Smith, Washington University Law Professor Adrienne Davis, police reform advocate, Reddit Hudson, and decarceration expert, Professor Carrie Pettus Davis >>>

<<< Dr Christi Griffin speaking at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta GA during the opening ceremony of The National Youth Summit on Education, Justice, and Leadership Students from around the country heard from the national civil rights leaders academics, and experts over the three day summit at Morehouse College

<<< Vickie Newton, former news anchor, instructor at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and Founder and Editor in Chief of The Village Celebration, passionately speaks to students at the opening reception of The 2017 National Youth Summit on Education, Justice, and Leadership at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta GA. An avid supporter of TheNYS, Newton brought students from Arkansas to the summit and delivered an impassioned speech from the platform where Dr Martin Luther King Jr once spoke

A Jackson Public High School student, flanked by Kenneth Morris Jr the greatgreat-great -grandson of Frederick Douglass and Lynne M Jackson, the greatgreat-granddaughter of Dred and Harriett Scott, introducing one of our civil right legends at the 2019 National Youth Summit in Jackson, MS

PUBLIC SPEAKING CON’T

Edith Lee Payne, shown here with Dr Griffin and in the iconic photo (inset) of the young civil rights activist while attending the March on Washington on August 28, 1968 Both Payne and Griffin spoke at the foot of the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial on the 55th Anniversary of the 1968 March on Washington. Later that day, Griffin also spoke in honor of iconic vocalist and civil rights leader, Aretha Franklin who had recently passed Payne later spoke at the 2018 National Youth Summit at UMSL

Former board member, former regional field organizer for the NAACP, Redditt Hudson speaking to a packed crowd of dignitaries and local non-profit heads at The Ethics Project’s Lunch with Judge Jimmie Edwards, who was then Presiding Judge of the St Louis City Juvenile Court

The standing room only crowd engaged with Judge Edwards, Hudson, Griffin, and then St. Louis Prosecutor, Jennifer Joyce

The Ethics Project's advisor, speaker, and award namesake, former US Ambassador Andrew Young, gets comfortable while speaking to and with nearly 1600 students at the Touhil Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri in St Louis in 2010 He has continued to travel the country to speak at each of The National Youth Summits to talk about his work with Dr Martin Luther King Jr and his continued work as pastor, head of the SCLC, US Ambassador to the UN, US Congressman, mayor of Atlanta, and work in the US and Africa >>>

at the Missouri

The Ethics Project's program, Incarcerations in Black and White,

exploration of the racial disparities in the US criminal justice system Flanking Wolff is then TEP board chair, Redditt Hudson, and former Chief Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, James Dowd 2013

Emmy Award winning talk show host and frequent collaborator with The Ethics Project, Jade Harrell moderates a panel during the National Youth Summit plenary sessions held at The John F Kennedy Center in Washington DC Among the panelists were Dr Bernard Lafayette, long time civil rights leader and associate of Martin Luther King Jr , Lynne M Jackson, great-greatgranddaughter of Dred Scott, and (not shown) Dr Terrence Roberts of The Little Rock Nine,

Former Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, Michael Wolff, addresses

packed crowed

History Museum during

FERGUSON

Inaccurately seen by many as an all Black community that went up in flames after the longest sustained protest in US history, Ferguson was and is a microcosm of communities across the United States in which many of its previously all White residents exited and the growing population of Black residents were over-policed and subjected to abusive law enforcement and court tactics. After the killing of Michael Brown, Ferguson, a suburb seven miles from the City of St Louis, became the focal point of uprising The Ethics Project became a leading voice in addressing the many injustices that resulted in more than a year of active protest and in efforts to bring protestors and law enforcement together.

The Ethics Project played multiple roles during Ferguson including speaking at the first gathering at the Ferguson Police Station and subsequent meeting with Ferguson Police Chief the following day, organizing the March to the Mic where psychologists and pastors were met with residents and protestors at Great St. Mark Church Griffin participated in trainings and meetings with with Rev Dr Bernice King, daughter of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. launched Mother 2 Mother, participated in a PBS documentary on “the talk” and was interviewed by CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and numerous other national news outlets.

A distinguished panel of Black Mother’s speak to a pack house at the Missouri History Museum following the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO The effort continue for five years in over 30 venues From left to right, Dr Christi Griffin, moderator, Dr Marlowe Gaines, Rev Traci Blackmon, Riisa Rawlins, then Adjunct Faculty at Washington University, Law Professor Kimberly Norwood, Assata Henderson, Amy Hunter, Dr Leah Gunning Francis, and Emmy Award winning host, Carol Daniels Photo courtesy of Wiley Price

One of the many townhall meetings held during Ferguson to address issues plaguing the region Seen here, the late Professor Rick Rosenfeld, then Judge Jimmie Edwards, and educator and pastor, Bishop Lawrence Wooten

At the request of then Missouri Public Safety Director, former police chief, Dan Isom, Griffin brought together a group of pastors, protestors, academics, and law enforcement to serve as an advisory council to the new director Among them were Rev Traci Blackmon who went on to serve on the Ferguson Commission Seen here: Rev Rodney Francis, Law professor Justin Hansford, and Rev C Jessel Strong

THE JUDICIARY

The judiciary plays a critical role in the incarceration of US citizens, a number that, at one point, had grown by over 600% since the inception of private prisons in the 1984. While the decision to prosecute rests solely with the prosecutor, it is the judge who rules on the admission of evidence, jury instructions, application of rules of law, follows sentencing guidelines, approves plea agreements, and determines if a sentence will be commuted or suspended. It is also the judge's demeanor that lends to the credibility of a witness and the weight of evidence ultimately weighed by a jury.

Over the past 17 years, TEP’s founder has met with members of the judiciary and included them in townhall meetings and youth summits Those interactions, and efforts by organizations around the country have contributed to a 400,000 person national decrease in prison populations

Former board member, former regional field organizer for the NAACP, Redditt Hudson speaking to dignitaries and local non-profit heads at The Ethics Project’s Lunch with Judge Jimmie Edwards, who was then Presiding Judge of the St Louis City Juvenile Court The standing room only crowd engaged with Judge Edwards, Hudson, Griffin, and the St. Louis Prosecutor, Jennifer Joyce. 2012

Yale Law Professor, James Forman, moderates a panel of judges at Morehouse College’s King Center Seen here: then Chief Alabama State Chief Supreme Court Judge, Lynn Stewart, Georgia Superior Court Judge, Gail Tusan, Georgia Chief Magistrate Judge Cassandra Kirk, and then Presiding Fulton Country Juvenile Court Judge Bradley Boyd, 2017

One of many collaborations with then Judge Jimmie Edwards (center) he is seen here serving on one of the panels hosted by The Ethics Project and Washington Tabernacle Church during the unrest in Ferguson Edwards has also served as the Public Safety Director for the City of St. Louis.

The 2017, 2018, and 2019 National Youth Summit judicial panels

State Court Judge David Mason participates on a panel during one of the social justice screenings hosted by The Ethics Project in conjunction with Washington University School of Law and the nonprofit organization, Hate Breakers. Seen here with then St. Louis City Police Chief Dan Isom, Mason is one of many judges lending their expertise to TEPs efforts to decrease injustice 2018

LEGISLATORS & POLICE

Early in its formation, TEP worked with police departments throughout the region involving them in the Youth Gang Summits, hosting Police and Pastors' lunches to address over policing in the Black community, bridging the gap between law enforcement and protesters during Ferguson

Like the judiciary, legislators and other public officials play a significant role in curtailing or contributing to mass incarceration. Be it advancing legislation to return policing to local control, addressing a broad range of issues that means the difference between increased funding for prisons and jails, or decreased funding for education. From a member of the US Senate to local aldermen and state representatives, these individuals mean the difference between funds for non-profits who address the maladies created by mass incarceration or programs to prevent them.

The following legislators have served as panelists or speakers, hosted panel discussions, conducted workshops for TheNYS or advanced legislation to address disparities in the criminal justice system.

I Mayor Tishaura Jones Mayor Francis Slay | Former GA State Senator, Charles Steele | Mayor Chokwe Lumumba | Mo State

Representative Kimberly Ann Collins | Mo Senator Angela Mosely | St. Louis City Prosecutor Gabe Gore

*Positions held at time of participating event

Two years before the Ferguson unrest, then Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson and others attended The Ethics Project’s Police and Pastors Lunch for police in St. Louis City and St. Louis County. Starsky Wilson (seen with hands folded) subsequently became a member of the Ferguson Commission, and Lt Col Kenneth Gregory has since become St Louis County Chief

<<< Members of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) 2016 responded in numbers to the call to speak with students during the National Youth Summit at Morehouse College 2019

One of the panels for the first State of Public Safety in St. Louis in St. Louis held at Harris Stowe State University included Missouri State Senator Brian Williams and presumptive in-coming US Representative from Missouri, Wesley Bell Legislators have consistently support efforts by The Ethics Project from St. Louis to Georgia 2023

DOCUMENTARIES

<<< Panelists from The Ethics Project's Mother 2 Mother & Father 2 Father participating in the nationally aired PBS documentary The Talk Race in America The conversation was filmed at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis TN Seen here, Tony Neal, CEO Educational Equity Consultants, Dr. Leah Gunning Francis, then VP of Christian Theological University, Giovanni Madriz, Hispanic Ministry, Archdiocese of St Louis, and Omar Piaz, Leadership Development Latino Memphis 2016 >>>

Ambassador Andrew Young, TEP founder & president, Christi Griffin interviewer, Victoria Bell and filmographer, Wesley Loxx and assistant, during filming for the documentary CHANGE 2014

The late Honorable Frankie Freeman, the first woman appointed to the US Commission on Civil Rights by President Johnson being interviewed by TEP founder and president, Christi Griffin for the documentary, CHANGE 2014

late Sr. Antona Ebo, one of The Sisters of Selma, and film crew from Webster University School of Communications during filming of the Ethics Project's documentary, CHANGE 2014

From filming original documentaries and film shorts to screening relevant and inspirational presentations, TEP has used the genre to inspire Here attendees view artifacts from US space shuttles provided from the Grissum Space Museum following the filming of The Space Race and panel discusion at the St. Louis Public Library with Lowell Grissom, brother of Astronaut Gus Grissom and Dean Purdy, aeronautical engineer 2024

Terrell Gilkey at Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts for a documentary on mass incarceration directed by St Louis filmmaker Denise Ward-Brown 2014

Filming

The

The NATIONal YOUTH SUMMIT

"If we are to change the trajectory this nation, it is imperative that we develop leaders who are sensitive to issues of justice and have the courage and integrity to move the needle ” With that goal, The National Youth Summit on Education, Justice and Leadership was initiated in 2013 in collaboration with the US Department of Justice, the University of Missouri St. Louis, and the St. Louis Public Schools. It has continued through the pandemic as a virtual event and will eventually resume in as a hybrid in-person and virtual worldwide summit.

Author of Locking Up Our Own, Yale law professor, and keynote speaker, James Forman Jr greeting the Rev Dr C T Vivian while Dr Bernard Lafayette, Dr Terrence Roberts and Lynne Jackson look on at the King Chapel during The NYS at Morehouse College 2017

LEADERSHIP JUSTICE

Credit Donna Rogers

Student participants at The National Youth Summit at The University of Missouri St Louis wearing their conference back packs made possible by generous donors 2018 Photo

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Participating NYS students posing with workshop leader, Keisa Laprell during the breakout sessions at The Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Mississippi. 2019

Gentlemen of Vision performing a scene from the movie Malcolm X at the first regional youth summit at the Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri St Louis 2010 Photo credit Suzy Gorman

10,200 students

Students eagerly awaiting the start of the program at the National Youth Summit at the John F Kennedy Center in Washington DC 2016

13 cOLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Tom George, then Chancellor of the University of Missouri St Louis, welcoming 1500 students to the first regional youth summit at the Touhill Performing Arts Center in St Louis Dr Christi Griffin stands to his right 2011 Photo credit Suzy Gorman (SuzyGorman.com)

Many of the nearly 400 students who attended the 2016 National Youth Summit at the the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC

113 Faculty MEMBERS

National motivational speaker and author,

with students on the stage at the John

Center during the 2016 National Youth Summit in Washington DC (Photo credit unknown)

Reddit Hudson and other panelists address 1500 students at Roosevelt High School during one of the The Ethics Project’s first youth gang summits 2010

Karon Bolden

F. Kennedy

7 ICONIC CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS

Former US Ambassador Andrew Young speaking with Kenneth Morris Jr , great-great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass with the shadow of Lynne Jackson,great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott looks on at the Robertson Museum in Jackson MS 2019 Photo credit Keith Griffin II

3 Historical descendants

Lynne Jackson, great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott whose lawsuits led to a Civil War and the Immancipation Proclamation with Kenneth Morris Jr. greatgreat-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass, reknown orator, apolitionist and author

Opening reception of the NYS at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta GA From left to right: Lynne M Jackson, great-greatgranddaughter of Dred Scott, Rev Dr Charles Steele, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Dr Terrence Roberts, one of the Little Rock Nine, Dr Bernard Lafayette, Freedom Rider, former SNCC Director (Selma) & Chair of the SCLC, Dr Christi Griffin, and journalist Vickie Newton 2017 Photo credit Rosalind Guy

250 Community LEADERS

One of more than 200 community leaders who volunteered to work with youth during ten years of youth summits is then St Louis City Chief of Police, Dan Isom seen here having lunch with members of the Student Leadership Corp during a summit planning meeting at the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis 2010

THE ETHICS PROJECT'S AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG AWARD

Established in 2011 to recognize members of the community who exhibit outstanding ethics and commitment to family and the community, The Ethics Project's Ambassador Andrew Young Award for Outstanding Ethics, Service and Commitment to Family & Community has been presented by or on behalf of Ambassador Andrew Young to such distinguished leaders as civil rights legends Rev. Dr. CT Vivian, Dr. Bernard Lafayette, and Dr Terrence Roberts, world renown vocalist, Dr Wintley Phipps, Vermont Supreme Court Chief Justice, The Honorable Paul Reiber, and Maxine Clark, founder of Build a Bear Corporation

Former US Ambassador Andrew Young presents the eponymous award to the now late Gena McClendon, Ph.D. for her tireless work for voting rights as Director of Community Engagement and Director of Voter Access and Engagement Initiative at Washington University in St. Louis 2019

ROTC students from Roosevelt High School in St. Louis welcomed Andrew Young at a reception for the former US Ambassador to the United Nations the night before the first award ceremony at the Touhill Performing Arts Theater at the University of Missouri St Louis 2015 Photo credit Suzy Gorman

During The Ethics Project's Breakfast with History, The Ambassador Andrew Young Award was presented to recipients via a special video from Ambassador Young 2020

Among the first recipients of The US Ambassador Award was the Khayyam family who advanced financial literacy in the community through the non-profit organization, The Young Money Group 2015 Photo credit Suzy Gorman

DIVERSE PROGRAMS

Townhall meetings have been a valuable tool for hearing the concerns of the community and engaging with key leaders to bring about system changes. Here Regional FBI Director speaks at one of the many townhall meetings held throughout the St Louis Metropolitan area

The opening reception of The National Youth Summit at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. A powerful and moving jazz program was developed and performed by The NYS music director, the renowned Dwight Andrews (flutist) and his band 2017 Photo credit Rosalind Guy

Pivotng.com, a mental health app designed to direct youth in crisis to mental health services developed by The Ethics Project in consultation with Dr Marva Robsinson and Cincinnati Health Commissioner Dr Melba Moore, and funded by ReCast

Law Professor Kimberly Norwood, a collaborator with Dr Christi Griffin on the social justice documentary, film, and panel series held at Washington University School of Law in St Louis speaking during one of the panel discussions 201

Breakfast and Lunch with History. Lynne M Jackson and Ken Morris Jr descendants of Dred Scott and Frederick Douglass respectively, engaged in fireside chats following breakfast with Maxine Clark, founder and former CEO of Build a Bear Corporation and Benjamin Akande, following lunch with economist, professor, and former President of Westminster College Pictured here, luncheon chat with Ben Akande

David Fingal, Developer

Debate Centered Instruction Summer Institute In Collaboration with Robert Litan and with funding from the Kauffman Foundation, Dr. Griffin created the DCI Summer Institute to teach middle and high school teachers across the country how to teach any subject using debate techniques Debate coaches from the Boston Debate League, the Washington Debate League, and Argument Centered Education taught middle and high school teachers from schools across the US on the DCI technique of teaching any subject 2022

Robert Litan, Non-resident Scholar in Economics at the Brookings Institute, attorney, economist, and author of RESOLVED Debate Can Revolutionize Education and Help Save Our Democracy Litan has since become a valued member of the Board of Directors of The Ethics Project and continues to advance the concept of Debate Centered Education in interviews and his relationships with debate education instructors across the country.

Student from Confluence Academy introducing former US Ambassador Andrew Young to an audience of nearly 1600 students at the Touhill Performing Arts Center in St Louis As part of The Ethics Project youth leadership training, high school students are frequently provided the opportunity to participate in leadership roles 2010

Youth Art and Writing Project on Gun Violence, Peace, & Hope

Artwork and writings from students at three St Louis Public high schools were displayed at locations across the St Louis Metropolitan to bring awareness of the impact of gun violence on the lives of children and young adults. The display at the St. Louis Board of Education prompted broad use of this neuro-therapeutic approach deadly school shooting the following year as well as a writing program. 2022, 2004

participant in the

Ethics

A youth

Beaumont High School Youth Gang Summit spends a day with French Head Chef at the national reknown Chase Park Plaza Hotel 2010

The

Project’s Police and Pastors lunches provided an opportunity for pastors in St. Louis city and county to meet with law enforcement and discuss issues related to over-policing in the African American community Seen here, St Louis Metropolitan Police Department probationary officers 2012

MOTHER 2 MOTHER

FATHER 2 FATHER &

In response to the killing of Michael Brown Jr in Ferguson MO, Mother 2 Mother, a conversation between Black Mothers to White Mothers about raising Black sons in this country's climate of racial terror was held at the Missouri History Museum Like the National Youth Summit, it was to be a one time event It grew to include Father 2 Father and was held nearly 40 times over the course of five years and became part of a nationally aired PBS documentary, The Talk: Race in America Mother 2 Mother was also covered by ABC and referenced in the book, Ferguson & Faith written by Dr Leah Gunning Francis

The second Mother 2 Mother conversation held in conjunction with the Missouri History Museum evolved from extensive comments made by the panel of Mothers during the first scheduled event. The strong desire for more interaction resulted in this and more such events. 2015

38 Churches & TEmples

Pastor David Denoon welcoming a full house at First Congregational Church of Webster Grove for one of the first Mother 2 Mother conversations in St. Louis. This was one of nearly 40 such events that shed light on the daily stress Black mothers have experienced for centuries as Black men are the targets police brutality, wrongful convictions, and vigilante groups

Participants listening intently during the

Bishop Zechariah Davis who encouraged a conversation for men speaks to the audience during Father 2 Father panel at Holy Redeemer Church in Webster Groves, Not shown: Capt. Ron Johnson, Mohammad Kamal, Alfred Long, Joseph Anderson, and Chester Deanes

Mother 2 Mother at the First Congregational Church of Webster Groves 2015

HISTORY AMONG US

The Ethics Project has been honored by the support of some of the leading voices in this country’s history. These men and women are giants in the civil rights movement of the 1960s who willingly faced dangers, persevered, and achieved civil and human rights for all in this country and around the world. Three have left extraordinary legacies. Four continue to serve as an example of what can be achieved through sacrifice, service, perseverence and prayer

P E R S P E C T I V E

<<< Dr. Lafayette w/ Diane Nash

Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian >>

THE POWER OF ... COURAGE AND PRAYER

PERSEVERENCE

"The basic purpose of human life is to serve."

Former US Ambassador, Andrew J. Young

REGINALD DICKSON, CHAIR

Former CEO, Inroads, Principal, BYI Investments

LEON SHARPE

Principal Strategist, Consultant The Praxis Group

OUR BOARD

KIMBERLY SMITH JACKSON, ESQ.

Associate Professor, Legal Studies Institute School of Business and Law, AACC

DR. STEFAN BRADLEY

Professor & Director of African American Studies, Amherts College

DR. TERRENCE ROBERTS

One of the Little Rock Nine, CEO, Roberts Management Consulting

DR. BERNARD LAFEYETTE

Chair, SCLC, World leader in Nonviolence training, Strategist with Dr Martin Luther King, Jr

DR. MARVA ROBINSON

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, former President, St. Louis Assoc. of Black Psychologists

DR. CASSANDRA GOULD

Managing Director, Power Building, Faith in Action, Former pastor

ANDREW YOUNG, ADVISOR

ROBERT LITAN

Attorney, Author, and Nonresident Scholar in Economics, Brookings Institute

JUDY BENTLEY

Founder and Former CEO of CHIPS Healthcare & Wellness Center

DARNETTA CLINKSCALE

Chair, Board of St. Louis Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District

CLIFTON KINNIE, M.ED.

Educator, Speaker, Writer, Activist, Founder of Our Destiny

DR. JAMECA WOODY COOPER

Certified Psychologist, TEDx speaker, President, Missouri Psychological Association

CHIEF MELINDA HEIKKINEN

Asst. Vice President for Public Safety, Saint Louis University

RTRD. CAPT. RON JOHNSON

Rtrd Capt MO Highway Patrol, head of the unified forces, Ferguson Protests, Authur, CEO, Lodestone Solutions Group, LLC,

Former US Ambassador to the UN, Former US Congressman, Former Mayor of Atlanta & Advisor to Dr Martin Luther King Jr Founder and CEO, Andrew Young Foundation

OUR SUPPORTERS

voluNteers

Jade Harrell, Donna Rogers Beard*, Angela Thames*, Marlo Gaines, Nadida Amatullah-Matin*, Muhammad Kamal, Rev. David Denoon, Tango Jackson, Rev. Dr. Leah Gunning Francis, Prof. Kimberly Norwood*, Nicholas Taggart-Long*, Carol Weir, Tom Schweitzer, Karon Bolden, Vicki C. Washington*, Julianne Malveaux, Tony Neal*, Capt Ron Johnson, Kevin Young, Dr Marva Robinson*, Kim Kraft*, Peggy Laramie* *donors

DONORS

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES venues

Kemoll's Restaurant | St. Louis Public Library Central Branch | Schlafly Library | Carondelet Library | Washington University School of Law

SCHOOLS

St. Louis Public Schools, Jennings School District, Jackson Public Schools, Washington DC Public Schools, Prince George County Public Schools, Parkway Public Schools, Rockwood Public Schools, Ferguson Florissant Public Schools, University City Public Schools, Detroit Public Schools, Ladue High School, Confluence Academy, Cor Jesu, Incarnate Word Academy, E. St. Louis Public Schools, Memphis Schools, Lutheran North High School, Webster Groves High School

Caroline Fisher, Maxine Clark, Bob Fox, Reginald Dickson & BYW Investments, Karinn Granger, Raina Vann, Carri & Keith Griffin, David Fingal III, Sophia Matthews, KC Walters, Dr Lance McCarthy, Marquita Ell, Carol Bahmueller, Adrienne Davis, Dr Dan Isom, Danny Ludeman, Dr Marilyn Maxwell, Linda Hancock Ross, Robert Litan, Rev Rodney Francis, NAACP, Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis, Meta Bodewes, Colleen Wilson, Emily Pitts, Susan and David Schwerdtfeger, Wlima Calvert, Cliff Aerie, Susan Yates, Colleen Wilson, Rev. Dinah Tatman, Sr. Stefan Bradley, Sarah Greisbach, Suzanne Jackson, Linda Sumlin Aitch, Sandra Dew Gainey, Rev. Clyde Crumpton, Allison Reed, Maurice Calhoun, Juanita Tillman, Olivia College, Patricia Jones, Jill Weinreich, Marilyn Weinkauff, Patricia Jones, Akua Ambonyse, Rev. Traci Blackmon, Lauren Ming, Ade Sodepo, Alfred Long, Angee Turner, Eleanor Pardini, Shalita Winters, Colleen Wald, Linda Smith, Leon Sharpe, Tom Schweitzer, Sidney Edwards Cole, Dr. Jody Squires, Chief John Hayden, Nadida Matin, Muhammad Kamal, LaDonna Parker, Eric Banks Lauren Ming, Hatsephi Kushma, Lisa Robinson, Wanda Johnson, Kim Kraft, Patti Vollman, Joyce Jackson, Marilynn Freeman Smith, Simone Phillips, Rynetta Bell Moore, David Fingal II, Karen Priest, Jane Godfrey, Suse Sternkopf, Mary Huff, Velma Bailey, Jeannie Gaffigan, Susanne Epting, Keisha Leprell, Our Lord’s Lutheran Church, LaDonna Parker, Naretha Hopson, Reginald Dickson, Dr Stefan Bradley,

In Kind Services: Joe Conway, Wesley Daniels, Karon Bolden, Julienne Malveaux, Dr Ivory Toldson, Rosalind Guy, Ambassador Andrew Young, Dr Terrence Roberts, Dr Bernard Lafayette, Rev Dr CT Vivian, Hezechiah Watkins, Rev Dr Dwight Andrews, Chief Justice Paul Reiber, Judge Jimmie Edwards

Paying it Forward

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