A blog setup to talk about the launch of the Summer Youth Institute a summer program setup by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation and the Medgar Evers Institute. The SYI hopes to provide an opportunity to train youth leaders to discuss engage and uniquely solve community issues.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
IN THE BEGIN OF THESE TEN DAYS I KNEW I WOULD LEARN SOMETHING GREAT. BUT AS THE WEEK PROGRESSED IT WAS A ROCKY START BUT YET EVERYTHING BEGAN TO PAN OUT SLOW BUT SURLY. I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT ABOUT RACISM, MISSISSIPPI’S HISTORY AS A WHOLE, AND A LOT ABOUT MYSELF I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW YET. THE PROGRAM IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER TO COME TOGETHER FOR A COMMON CAUSE. I HOPE IT CONTINUES ON AND HELPS THOUSANDS MORE YOUNG PEOPLE.
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