EVENTS
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PAST EVENTS
July 29th, 2020
The Ethics Project hosted the Virtual National Youth Summit, a 40 – 60 minute session via Zoom guided by civil rights leaders, experts, law enforcement and community leaders. The success of these sessions and the interest shown by individuals around the world, has prompted us to consider future Zoom opportunities. For more information regarding these sessions, please visit us at www.TheNYS.org/events
March 14th, 2020
Two notable conversations between Lynne M. Jackson, great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott and founder and Ken Morris Jr, both the great-great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass and great-great-grandson of Booker T. Washington, and the co-founder of the Frederick Douglas Family Initiatives to support St. Louis area students to attend the St. Louis based National Youth Summit on Education, Justice, and Leadership in Montgomery, Alabama.
A Seat at the Table, Breakfast with History, Moderated by Maxine Clark, Founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop and CEO of the Clark|Fox Family Foundation.
And A Seat at the Table, A Luncheon with History, Moderated by Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande, Assistant Vice Chancellor for International Affairs Africa, Washington University
Mother 2 Mother – Five Years Later
September 15th, 2019
October 27th – 29th, 2020 The National Youth Summit on Education, Justice, and Leadership in Jackson MS
Join us for our 5th national youth summit at the Jackson State University, the Smith Robertson Museum, and the Two Mississippi Museums for our opening reception and two days of empowerment, learning, and collaboration.
Look for us during the Fall 2019 semester in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom at Washington University School of Law for another screening of Birth of a Nation and panel of leading community stakeholders.
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March 24th and April 2nd St. Louis, MO – Missouri History Museum
This two-part program presented in conjunction with The Ethics Project, Washington University School of Law, and the Missouri History Museum includes a presentation on the history and present-day use of blackface throughout the world by St. Louis University professor, Dr. Katrina Moore, followed by a conversation with Dr. Moore and The Ethics Project founder and CEO, Dr. Christi Griffin and an open discussion and Q & A with the audience.
On April 2nd, 2019, Part II will present selected vignettes from the 1915 film, Birth of a Nation, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Washington University Law Professor, Kimberly Norwood with distinguished panelists, historian Dr. John Wright, NAACP State President, Nimrod Chappel, Black Rep Founder and Director Ron Himes, SLU professor, Dr. Katrina Moore, attorney and activist, Kimberly Hicks-Franks, JD and Ethics Project founder and CEO, Dr. Christi Griffin
November 12th and 13th, 2018 University of Missouri St. Louis
The National Youth Summit on Education, Justice, and the US Economy, The Leadership Academy at the University of Missouri St. Louis.
February 20th, 2017
PBS
This nationally aired documentary”The Talk – Race in America” is available online at PBS.org. Originally televised nationally on February 20, 2017, this critical examination of excessive us of force by police features TEP founder and president Dr. Griffin and Mothers and Father from Mother 2 Mother and Father 2 Father.
November 2017
The National Youth Summit in partnership with The King Collection at Morehouse College and Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
Mother 2 Mother
were conversations of African American mothers to White mothers about “The Talk” with their Black Sons. The purpose of Mother 2 Mother was to expose a community of women to the dangers and reality of raising Black sons in America regardless of the socio-economic status achieved. Together with Father 2 Father, Man 2 Man, and Parent 2 Parent, Conversations have been held in over 35 venues, including the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN. A documentary filmed by PBS called, “The Talk” aired nationally in 2017.
The Conversations we held throughout the St. Louis region and in Memphis TN in response to the killing of Michael Brown. After a consistent five a consistent five year run with the dedication of a rostrum of eight women, Mother 2 Mother concluded at the location where it began at the Missouri History Museum on its five year anniversary, September, 2019.
The National Youth Summit on Education, Justice and the US Economy: The Leadership Academy in Washington DC
2016 -01-15 & 16
The National Youth Summit on Education, Justice, and the US Economy: The Leadership Academy was held on January 14th and 15th, 2016, in Washington, DC, at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Howard University. The two-day summit offered more than 450 student leaders from cities across the United States an exceptional opportunity to work with leading educators, justice professionals, and economists to learn strategies for addressing issues of educational policy, mass incarceration, and academic excellence.
Parent 2 Parent at the National Civil Rights Museum
April 16 – 2016
In an effort to bridge the racial and generational gaps and to end police conflicts, killings, and injustices across the country, a dialogue among affected ethnicities has emerged. The Ethics Projects in partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum presents, “Parent 2 Parent,” a conversation of black parents to other ethnic groups about “the talk” with their black sons and daughters as they share their experience on being Black in America.
Saturday, April 16, 2016 • 5 -7pm
National Civil Rights Museum • Hooks Hyde Hall
450 Mulberry Street • Memphis, TN 38103
Free and open to the public
Followed by a reception with the panelists. Filmed for a documentary.
Moderator: Dr. Christi Griffin, Founder & President of The Ethics Project, St. Louis, MO
Panelists: Tango Jackson, Nadida Tuhada Amatullla-Matin, Tony Neal and Mohammad Kamal
The National Youth Summit on Education, Justice, and the US Economy: Facing Challenges of 21st Century Youth
2015-04-16
The National Youth Summit on Education, Justice and the US Economy: Facing Challenges of 21st Century Youth is an intensive, two-day summit that brought together over 400 talented and intellectually gifted student leaders from cities and communities across the United States to work with more than 30 leading educators, social justice experts and economists to examine the school to prison pipeline, create a model of discipline based on inherent strengths and develop innovative economic strategies not dependent
Mother 2 Mother – A conversation with Black mothers to White about the talk they have with their sons
April 24, 2015 @ Fontbonne University
Face 2 Face – A conversation with Black men to legislators and policy makers about the challenges faced being Black in America
2015 – 2 – 28
From Selma to St. Louis: An Intergenerational Session
2014-11-08
The Honorable Betty Thompson, Dr. Christi Griffin and young protest leaders hosted Dr. Bernard Lafayette, chief organizer of the Selma Voter Registration Movement, Freedom Rider, National Director of the War on Poverty under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and current Distinguished Professor at Emory University, and Chairman of the Board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for a community forum at Washington Tabernacle Church three months following the killing of Michael Brown.
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON POLICING
Formed September 2014
Following the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri the Ethics Project hosted a breakfast meeting at St. Louis Union Station with local clergy, protest leaders and heads of law-enforcement. In attendance was former Chief Dan Isom, then Director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety, Captain Ron Johnson, head of the unified forces during the Ferguson Protest, and Chief John Belmar, St. Louis County Police Department, Rev. Rodney Francis, Rev. C. Jessel Strong, then President of the Clergy Coalition, Cheeraz Gorman, organizer, Rev. Traci Blackmon, pastor, and now UCC Acting Minister of Justice, and White House Appointee, Rev. Shaun Jones, Rev. Tommie Pierson and Rev. Shaun Jones and Law Professor Justin Hansford. At the request of Director Isom, the ad hoc committee on policing was formed and met weekly with area specialists and law enforcement officials.
BOOK SIGNING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY – ST. LOUIS
2014-06-28
The founder and president of The Ethics Project, Dr. Christi Griffin, read excerpts from and discussed her most recent book, Incarcerations in Black and White: The Subjugation of Black America at the Central Library in St. Louis. The book has also been discussed on several radio programs and university events. Books are available for donations to The Ethics Project of $20 or more
Rosewood to O’Fallon: A Look at Black Wealth in America
2014-04-08
From Rosewood to O;Fallon: A Look at Black Wealth in America. An all-star panel and participants explored the correlation between the once burgeoning communities of Rosewood and the Black Wall Street to the North St. Louis neighborhoods of Wellston, The Ville, O’Fallon and College Hill. The program attracted a broad section of the community and left standing room only in the conference room of Schlafly Library.
Rosewood to O’Fallon: A Look at Black Wealth in America
2014-04-08
From Rosewood to O;Fallon: A Look at Black Wealth in America. An all-star panel and participants explored the correlation between the once burgeoning communities of Rosewood and the Black Wall Street to the North St. Louis neighborhoods of Wellston, The Ville, O’Fallon and College Hill. The program attracted a broad section of the community and left standing room only in the conference room of Schlafly Library.
Incarcerations in Black and White
2013-10-29
As part of The Missouri History Museum’s 68 Exhibit and The Museum’s Avenues to Activism events, The Ethics Project presented a panel discussion and photo exhibit on Incarcerations in Black and White that depicted the impact that incarcerations have on African American children, families and others in impoverished communities. The event preceded that of nationally acclaimed author of The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander.
BOOK RELEASE:
Incarcerations in Black and White: The Subjugation of Black America
2013-10-29
Incarcerations in Black and White: The Subjugation of Black America explores the economic continuum of slavery from the emancipation of slaves through convict leasing and peonage to the U.S. prison system in the 21st Century. The author identifies key players in a system that has grossed billions of dollars by trafficking human beings through a corrupt and broken system. It discloses the use of lobbying and other influence to garner contracts from state and federal governments
Youth Violence Forum
2013-02-22
Youth Gun Forum, From Newtown to Our Town. A panel discussion and Q&A held at Washington Tabernacle Church on the increase of gun violence among teens and young adults.
Church and Society Lecture Series – Washington Tabernacle MB Church
2012-08-05
Washington Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church August lecture series on Church and Society
YOUTH GANG SUMMITS YIELD HUGE RESULTS
2010-03-29
The Youth Gang Summit held in each of the four St. Louis Public Schools’ Comprehensive High Schools, Beaumont, Sumner, Vashon and Roosevelt and culminating in a joint summit, was launched with weeks of work with Youth Leadership Corps formed in each of the schools. Author, CNN commentator, national speaker and former inmate, Victor Woods, was the keynote speaker at the joint summit at Mildred Bastian Theater at Forst Park Comunity College.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HOLD BOARD MEETING AT THE URBAN LEAGUE
2010-02-00
In preparation of the upcoming Youth Gang Summits, thirteen students from four St. Louis Public High Schools were hand chosen by fellow classmates to attend a half day “board” meeting to plan details of the summits. The summits were held in each of their high schools with an all-school summit held before Summer break.
