This summer the Juvenile Justice Project is proud to introduce our 6 interns! Brianna, Marquinna, Brianna, and Shamira are our four high school interns from the Board of Education‘s Summer Internship Program. We’re also thrilled to have Casey and Monae, from the University of Memphis. They have been helping to facilitate our Know Your Rights Theatre Workshops, all over the city this summer! In addition, our high school interns have been working on our Youth Council to help plan new volunteer opportunities for other teens.
We have had a busy week with Know Your Rights Theatre Workshops. We’ve done almost 15 KYR workshops at Hickory Hill Community Center, Orange Mound Community Center, Pine Hill Community Center, and Douglas Community Center. This summer we will be running over 100 Know Your Rights Theatre workshops. We will be at the Boys & Girls Club of Hickory Hill, Girls Inc, and almost every community center in the city. Each of these sites serves over 100 youth from elementary through middle school that will be learning how to more safely navigate experiences with law enforcement. We use improv theatre to help them act out realistic scenarios with police, explain how to safely exercise one’s rights (which we tie back to the constitution and case law), and demonstrate techniques to deescalate conflict. We believe that when we approach law enforcement from a place of knowledge, instead of what we learned on Law & Order, that everyone is safer.
We have a busy summer ahead of us. We need food and beverage donations for our JJP Days of service (mostly snacks) and your financial support.
Donate today at https://midsouthpeace.org/g