ST. PAUL YOUTH SERVICES

Rewriting the Rules® of Youth Engagement.

 

After 50 years of disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline, we are working with Black youth to dismantle it. 

We are "Rewriting the Rules® of Youth Engagement" by creating the conditions for Black youth to be their full selves, amplify their power and brilliance, and drive systemic change.

Your partnership and support make it possible!

 
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Rewriting the Rules® of Youth Engagement.

 

Our Youth & Our Community

SPYS addresses issues that are gaining increased public attention and putting our youth, their families, and our community’s well-being at risk: criminal justice reform, alternatives to suspensions, and Minnesota’s glaring inequities by which the same actions lead to different consequences based on a young person’s race, gender, socioeconomic status, or neighborhood.

 
 
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Building Partnerships with Youth & Their Families.

Each year, we provide guidance, support, and opportunities to more than 400 young people through behavior intervention, family support, youth leadership, and restorative justice. Most youth we work with are Black, Indigenous, and Youth of Color.

 
 
 
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ABOUT THE PHOTOS ON THIS WEBSITE:

To honor young people's power to represent themselves, we commissioned youth artists at Intermedia Arts to photograph their peers. This allows us to preserve the confidentiality of our youth program clients, many of whom are facing challenging situations, and demonstrate that young people are best able to tell their own stories.

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