Season 3, Episode 5: Podcast Interview with SPYS' Youth Panel, SPYS' Pre-Charge Diversion Symposium

References: 

• What is Gentle Parenting?  

• The impact of COVID-19 on youth mental health: A mixed methods survey 

• Discriminatory Discipline  

• Building Back Better Means Listening to Young People 

Further Reading:  

• After a Traumatizing Year, Black People Turn to Therapy  

• Addressing Microaggressions in the Classroom  

• Stanford scholar explores the impact of racial stress on Black youth  

• “Listen when I come to the table”: Reimagining education with and for Black elementary-aged youth and their mothers 

Find us Online:

• Contact Tracine about the podcast: podcast@spys.org

• St. Paul Youth Services:

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• Buzzsprout

*The music you hear on the podcast is provided by Blue Dot Sessions and is used here under a Creative Commons License.

Pushing limits is quite honestly a healthy part of youth development. How we respond to young people when they act out can dramatically alter the course of their lives for the better or much, much worse.  At SPYS, we’re creating a community-wide culture in which young people feel not just welcome, but wanted everywhere they go. We are showing youth that they matter. In this episode of Rewriting the Rules, host Dr. Tracine Asberry, Executive Director of St. Paul Youth Services (SPYS), speaks with two youth at SPYS for our first ever Pre-Charge Diversion Symposium. 

We hope that this conversation can offer fertile ground to continue to think about how we can transform cultures and practices towards a new vision of society. 

About Pre-Charge Diversion 

About Jemisha:  

Jemisha is a sophomore, and she’s a Varsity Cheerleading Captain and her high school and hopes to pursue a scholarship for college.  

About Orien:  

Orien is in 9th grade and hopes to be on TV in the future.  

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