Both Sides of the Invisible Line
Project Lab St Louis Board Member Ralph Ruffin shares his personal history
Since 2015, Project Lab St. Louis has facilitated space for students to think, talk, and write about their interactions with police. These experiences eventually led to our annual Day of Dialogue with local police, which we coordinated with Ralph Ruffin, then our School Resource Officer, now an educator and Project Lab St. Louis board member. “I feel a personal responsibility to advocate,” Ralph says. “And I feel that police officers have to speak publicly about inequity and racism so citizens understand that supporting police and standing up against police brutality are not mutually exclusive.”
Living Questions 2018-19
Seeking Understanding through discussion & reflection
With the support of Missouri Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and in collaboration with Circus Harmony, ninth graders at Normandy High School spent the 2018-19 year contending with personally meaningful questions. At the close of the school year, we gathered for student-moderated public discussions.
Currents 2020
A magazine by MIssouri Youth For Youth
Project Lab St. Louis is delighted to welcome you to Currents, a magazine featuring the creative work of Missourians between the ages of 12 and 18. With the support of the Missouri Arts Council, and in collaboration with Gateway Writing Project and Onecity Stories, our inaugural issue features fiction, essays, poetry, and art produced and edited by students.