One of our well-informed PSST Moms, Lindy Lou, gave us this information on the screening of a documentary that will be shown at Pitt this coming Tuesday. The 26 minute documentary will be followed by a discussion lead by a group called YASP (Youth Art and Self empowerment Project)
All who are interested are invited to attend.
Stolen Dreams
Where: School of Social Work,
Conference Center,
2017 Cathedral of Learning
When: Tuesday, April 12th at noon
Join the School of Social Work,
School of Social Work Continuing
Education Program and the
Student Government Association,
School of Public Health at the
screening of the documentary “Stolen Dreams”
(26 minutes) followed by a discussion with
members of the Youth Art & Selfempowerment
Project (YASP). Come and
hear about the experience and consequences
of being tried as an adult from young people
who went through the criminal justice system
and are now working to reform policy and
practice.
Sponsored by: School of Social Work, School of Social
Work Continuing Education Program, and the Student
Government Association, School of Public Health
The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project's Mission:
The number of teenagers under the age of 18 who are held in adult
jails and prisons in Pennsylvania has increased drastically over the
last fifteen years. The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project
(YASP) is building a youth-led movement to stop this trend by
ending the practice of automatically trying and incarcerating young
people as adults. Through its work in the Philadelphia jails, YASP
provides space for incarcerated young people to express themselves
creatively and to develop as leaders both within and beyond the
prison walls. Young people who have been through the adult court
system are at the forefront of YASP, leading the movement to keep
teenagers out of adult prisons and to create new possibilities for
youth around the city.
Stolen Dreams
Where: School of Social Work,
Conference Center,
2017 Cathedral of Learning
When: Tuesday, April 12th at noon
Join the School of Social Work,
School of Social Work Continuing
Education Program and the
Student Government Association,
School of Public Health at the
screening of the documentary “Stolen Dreams”
(26 minutes) followed by a discussion with
members of the Youth Art & Selfempowerment
Project (YASP). Come and
hear about the experience and consequences
of being tried as an adult from young people
who went through the criminal justice system
and are now working to reform policy and
practice.
Sponsored by: School of Social Work, School of Social
Work Continuing Education Program, and the Student
Government Association, School of Public Health
The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project's Mission:
The number of teenagers under the age of 18 who are held in adult
jails and prisons in Pennsylvania has increased drastically over the
last fifteen years. The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project
(YASP) is building a youth-led movement to stop this trend by
ending the practice of automatically trying and incarcerating young
people as adults. Through its work in the Philadelphia jails, YASP
provides space for incarcerated young people to express themselves
creatively and to develop as leaders both within and beyond the
prison walls. Young people who have been through the adult court
system are at the forefront of YASP, leading the movement to keep
teenagers out of adult prisons and to create new possibilities for
youth around the city.
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