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“From Dropout to Doctorate to Community Impact” an evening with Dr. Terence Lester

  • Intersect Arts Center 3636 Texas Ave, St. Louis, MO 63118 United States (map)

Join the Carver Project, TCP ministry partner Holy Cross Lutheran Church, and Intersect Arts Center for an evening with Dr. Terence Lester, Executive Director and Founder of Love Beyond Walls and author of several books, including “From Dropout to Doctorate: Breaking the Chains of Educational Injustice.” 

About Dr. Terence Lester: 

Terence Lester (PhD, Union Institute and University) is a storyteller, public scholar, speaker, community activist, and author. He is the founder and executive director of Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization focused on raising awareness about poverty, homelessness, and on community mobilization. He also serves as the director of public policy and social change and as a professor at Simmons College of Kentucky (HBCU). He is the author of I See You, When We Stand, and All God's Children, and he coauthored with his daughter, Zion, the children's book, Zion Learns to See. He and his family live in Atlanta.

Earlier Event: November 19
Faculty Forum: Evolution of Purpose