The Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance (RIASPA)
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
It was an honor of mine to be a member at “The Rhode Island
Afterschool plus Alliance (RIASPA)”. I was invited by two groups who I am
thankful to be a part of and that is The Met School, and the Rhode Island
College Youth Development Cohort 3. Once we entered the room filled quickly.
The food was amazing but not as amazing as how our group dressed for the event.
This was a morning of great networking and speeches. It was amazing to see many
RIC graduates, as well as two graduates in the Youth Development programs who
are currently employed as youth workers striving to empower out youth. The key
note speaker Jonathan Kozol was amazing. His experiences that he had including
his funny story with the PBS Kid’s star Mr. Rogers in New York City. This event
has made me stronger as a youth worker to see the various individuals that
strive with the same goals that I do to provide afterschool programs to help
our youth of Rhode Island. On this morning we represented of Youth as Advocates in keeping our lights on and bright for our after school programs.
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