When
Wednesday October 11th
7:30 – 9:00am (CDT)
Where
University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
Anderson Student Center (ASC), James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall North
Speakers
Dr. Stacey Patton
Together we can make a difference!
Please join us on the beautiful campus of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota for our annual fall fundraising breakfast on Wednesday October 11th from 7:30-9:00am.
This annual fundraising event is incredibly important to support the costs of our operations and advocacy for vulnerable Minnesota children. Thank you for your support. We couldn’t do this without you!
University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
Anderson Student Center (ASC), in the North Woulfe Hall
Doors are at 7:30am, the breakfast and program are from 8:00-9:00am.
The breakfast itself is free. There will be an ask for donations at the end of the event, and guests are invited to give what they can.
Parking and day-of details are emailed to guests from contactus@safepassageforchildren.org.
Speaker
Dr. Stacey Patton
Dr. Stacey Patton is an adoptee and child abuse survivor turned award-winning journalist, author, nationally-recognized child advocate, and college professor. Her writings on child welfare issues, higher education, race and culture have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Al Jazeera, BBC News, TheGrio, Madame Noire, and other outlets. She has appeared on CNN, AB News, MSNBC, Fox News, and Democracy Now. Dr. Patton is the author of That Mean old Yesterday — A Memoir, Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won’t Save Black America, and the forthcoming Strung Up: The Lynching of Black Children in Jim Crow America. She is the creator of www.sparethekids.com, an online portal designed to teach about the harms of hitting children. She is also the creator of the forthcoming 3D medical animation app called “When You Hit Me.” This app will help pediatricians, clinicians, social workers, and parents understand how hitting children is a multi-organ, multi-system process that places children at risk for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES). Dr. Patton is a research associate at Morgan State University’s Institute for Urban Research and she teaches digital journalism at Howard University.