Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Date
November 20, 2024
PrYSM Collaboration Fall 2024
This past semester, as part of the Simmons Center’s Community Engagement Initiative and K–12 focus, we hosted Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM) in Norwood House as they held their annual fall training series. This year’s series was called Liberation 101 and was led by Suonriaksmay Keo (she/her/hers), the Youth Engagement Director of PrYSM.
Liberation 101 is a training series for youth of color in Providence that dives into political education to sharpen youth’s analysis of liberation. Youth are often pushed to the sidelines by ageism and respectability politics that dictate how their voices should be used for change. Throughout this series, youth will learn the history of the issues they face and how they intersect in workshops covering topics like Power & Oppression, Southeast Asian Resilience, Gender Justice, and more. After the series, youth will gather to debrief and imagine what collective liberation could truly look like in Providence.
Youth Engagement Director of PrYSM
For more information about Youth programming, email suon@prysm.us or call (401)-383-7450.Learn More about prysm
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Miguel, Milly and Aiden learn about Southeast Asian Resilience and the impacts of deportation in the Southeast Asian community in Providence, RI. During a workshop facilitated by PrYSM's RICE (RI Civic Engagement) program, they walked through a timeline of the history of deportation.
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Professor Marco McWilliams teaches PrYSM students about Black History. In the activity, they went through introductions, learning each other's names, pronouns and facts about each other before delving into Black History during the Civil Rights Movement.
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