Breaking Barriers Part 2: Plotting the Path Away From Juvenile Detention and Towards Academic Success for School-Age African American Males

Dr. Ivory Toldson, a leading researcher, will be the featured speaker at Educational Equity Consultants (EEC) free symposium: “Breaking Barriers Part 2: Plotting the Path Away From Juvenile Detention and Towards Academic Success for School-age African American Males."

The conference will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 at Saint Louis University in DuBourg Hall, Room 157 (Refectory Hall).               

Also part of EEC’s symposium will be a panel of four outstanding St. Louis community advocates:  

• Niwar C. Davis, Superintendent of the Eleventh Circuit Family Court;
• Charles Adams, University City Police Chief;
• Redditt Hudson, Racial Justice Associate with the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri;
• Leon Henderson, President of Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory School.

Sylvester Brown, St. Louis-based writer and former St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist, will be the moderator.  

The symposium is free, but space is limited. Priority will be given to educators, community workers/advocates, parents and students who reply online at ivory-toldson-breaking-barriers-2-.eventbrite.com or by calling (314) 997-6500.

The deadline for reservations is Friday, Feb. 17.

Free parking is available in the Laclede Street Garage, corner of Laclede and Grand, or street parking on Lindell Avenue. EEC is sponsoring the symposium in collaboration with Saint Louis University, Teach for America and St. Louis Leadership Cypher.