Rewriting the Rules®

Send us Fan Mail As with past seasons, enjoy our Season 4 Recap (and reflection) of St. Paul Youth Services’ (SPYS’) Rewriting the Rules®. The season began by sharing the perspectives of our high school principals, and continued by creating a front row seat for listeners of SPYS’ YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute. With this season, we shine a light on the legacies of creativity, strength and inno...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of St. Paul Youth Services’ (SPYS’) Rewriting the Rules®, we hear from YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute leaders in a post-assessment discussion. In this conversation, recorded at the end of the summer session, youth reflect on their growth throughout the 16-day program. The young people highlighted the supportive environment provided by SPYS and the transformativ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of St. Paul Youth Services’ (SPYS’) Rewriting the Rules®, we take you to a celebration of the YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute, where youth leaders shared poetry rooted in identity, family and home.  SPYS’ YouthPowerMN℠ leaders created poems in response to curriculum focused on Healing & Identity, Exploration & Innovation, & Policy Change. Listen to t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of St. Paul Youth Services’ (SPYS’) Rewriting the Rules®, youth leaders from YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute are recognized during an award ceremony. The ceremony took place at an overnight retreat at Mt. Olivet Retreat Center in Farmington, MN. During the retreat, SPYS’ curriculum was focused on Healing & Identity, Exploration & Innovation, & Policy...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of St. Paul Youth Services’ (SPYS’) Rewriting the Rules®, listeners get a behind-the-scenes look at YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute, where youth engage in a rigorous curriculum of Healing & Identity, Exploration & Innovation, and Policy Change. The episode takes you to the YouthPowerMN℠ hub, where youth leaders co-developed a Code of Conduct, learned abo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Rewriting the Rules®, we're continuing our focus on being the adult we wished we had as a child and teen, from the perspective of our high school principals. This is how we continue creating a community that wraps its arms around our youth. Our guest for this 2-part episode is Principal Jamil Payton, Principal of Johnson Senior High School. We hope that thi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of St. Paul Youth Services’ (SPYS’) Rewriting the Rules®, we hear from YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute leaders in a pre-assessment conversation. In this conversation, recorded at the beginning of the summer session, the youth reflect on their favorite parts of working with St. Paul Youth Services, what they’re looking forward to, and advice they’d offer their fu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of St. Paul Youth Services’ (SPYS’) Rewriting the Rules®, we're continuing our focus on being the adult we wished we had as a child and teen from the perspectives of our high school principals. This is how we continue creating a community that wraps its arms around our youth. This episode features friend of St Paul Youth Services, Dr. Diana Brown, Principal of...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of St. Paul Youth Services’ (SPYS’) Rewriting the Rules®, we're continuing our focus on being the adult we wished we had as a child and teen from the perspectives of our high school principals. This is how we continue creating a community that wraps its arms around our youth. This episode features friend of St Paul Youth Services, Dr Diana Brown, Principal of...

Send us Fan Mail In episode 9 of Season 3, St. Paul Youth Services’ Rewriting the Rules® team reflects on eight episodes that focused on youth voice in a variety of ways. In this episode, you'll hear our favorite moments of this season, and reflections on season three. This is how SPYS demonstrates itself as a leader in reimagining how our community engages with and holds itself accountable f...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Rewriting the Rules®, we're continuing our focus on being the adult we wished we had as a child and teen, from the perspective of our high school principals. This is how we continue creating a community that wraps its arms around our youth. Our guest for this 2-part episode is Principal Jamil Payton, Principal of Johnson Senior High School. We hope that thi...

Send us Fan Mail In episode 8 of Season 3, Youth Host Connor Walford returns to Rewriting the Rules® to conduct “man on the street” interviews with guests of St. Paul Youth Services’ (SPYS)’ Annual LIT Party. Connor interviews guests about their favorite books, authors, and reasons why reading is important to critically and creatively make sense of and navigate our world, our lives and specific ci...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Rewriting the Rules®, we take listeners to a YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute celebration following SPYS’ business partnership event with Allina Health called There’s a Career for You in Healthcare .  This partnership event included a mentorship over 3-months between Allina Health adult leaders and SPYS’ YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute.    In this episode,...

Send us Fan Mail St. Paul Youth Services (SPYS) continues to Amplify Youth Voice & Power to Contribute to Our Community in this episode of Rewriting the Rules®. For this podcast conversation, our host Dr. Tracine Asberry chats with youth author Miles Asberry-Wallace and his best friend Connor Walford about games as a tool for learning. The young people share insights on their favorite games fo...

Send us Fan Mail Pushing limits is quite honestly a healthy part of youth development. How we respond to young people when they act out can dramatically alter the course of their lives for the better or much, much worse.  At SPYS, we’re creating a community-wide culture in which young people feel not just welcome, but wanted everywhere they go. We are showing youth that they matter. In this episod...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 3 of our “LIVE” Event Recording! Series, guests who joined us to hear from youth author & illustrator Miles Asberry-Wallace asked him questions about his creative journey. In this episode, you’ll hear insights from Miles about his process and plans for the future.   The launch of Miles’ first published comic book, Kings of Quests: A Tale of Bros, Book #1 took place on...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of our “LIVE” Event Recording! Series, Youth Host Connor Walford conducts “man on the street” interviews with guests joining us to hear from Youth Author & Illustrator Miles Asberry-Wallace and share their favorite books, authors, and reasons why reading is important to critically and creatively make sense of and navigate our world, our lives and specific circumstanc...

Send us Fan Mail For our second episode of Rewriting the Rules® Season 3, we’re launching a three-episode series resulting from SPYS’ Podcast “LIVE” Event Recording held on Wednesday, February 7th. The youth-led event explored the power of dreams, the power of our stories, and the power of a beloved community that wraps its arms around one inspiring Black young man named Miles.     For this first...

Send us Fan Mail For Season 3, Ep. 1, of Rewriting the Rules®, we are talking about L.O.V.E.— With everything going on in the world.   And all the things that we’re focused on locally and nationally, we rarely see or hear about the opportunities we, as adults, create to engage our young people in conversations about love. For this episode, we take time to speak with our youth leaders from our Yout...

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Send us Fan Mail For our seventh episode of Rewriting the Rules℠ Season 2, we’re shining a light on Georgina Lorencz, whose work builds on power and genius fundamental to Black communities. Our host, Dr. Tracine Asberry, talks with Georgina about her work helping people to connect to their roots and identity. Our aim with the conversation is to tell the truth. We do this to respect those before us...

Send us Fan Mail For our sixth episode of Rewriting the Rules℠ Season 2, we’re continuing our focus on being the adult we wished we had as a child and teen from the perspectives of our business leaders. This is how we continue Creating a Community That Wraps Its Arms Around Our Youth. For today’s episode, we welcome Frederick Bw’Ombongi, a leader in the health care field who is committed to ensuri...

Send us Fan Mail For our fifth episode of Rewriting the Rules℠ Season 2, we’re continuing our focus on being the adult we wished we had as a child and teen, from the perspectives of our mothers and grandmothers. For this episode, host Dr. Tracine Asberry, Executive Director of St. Paul Youth Services, has a Sunday Dinner Conversation with two of our loving experts from our last season, Chakita “Ki...

Send us Fan Mail For our fourth episode of Rewriting the Rules℠ Season 2, we’re continuing our focus on being the adult we wished we had as a child and teen, from the perspectives of our mothers and grandmothers. This is how we continue to create a community that wraps its arms around our youth.    For today’s episode, we welcome back two of our mothers and loving experts from our last season, Mic...

Send us Fan Mail For our third episode of Rewriting the Rules℠ Season 2, we’re continuing our focus on being the adult we wished we had as a child and teen, from the perspectives of our mothers.   For this episode, we’re taking a panel approach, mirroring a Sunday Dinner conversation. Through this conversation, we listen, learn, and build in community and see that we’re more connected, stronger, a...