Rewriting the Rules‪®‬ St. Paul Youth Services

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 episode of Rewriting the Rules, host Dr. Tracine Asberry, Executive Director of Saint Paul Youth Services (SPYS), speaks with two youth at SPYS for our first ever Pre-Charge Diversion Symposium. 
 
We hope that this conversation can offer fertile ground to continue to think about how we can transform cultures and practices towards a new vision of society. 
 
About Pre-Charge Diversion:  
SPYS’ Pre-Charge Diversion program offers an alternative to juvenile court for a range of first-time offenses such as shoplifting, property damage, disorderly conduct, and curfew violations and gives youth a chance to learn from their mistakes. 
We provide a restorative justice approach that holds young people accountable for their actions while working with them to develop skills to make better decisions, avoiding the detrimental impacts incarceration has on their lives and on our community – in terms of education, employment, homelessness, and other measures of well-being. 
 
About Jamesha:  
Jamesha is a sophomore, and she’s a Varsity Cheerleading Captain and her high school and hopes to pursue a scholarship for college.  
 
About Orien:  
Orien is in 9th grade and hopes to be on TV in the future.  


*The music you hear on the podcast is provided by Blue Dot Sessions and is used here under a Creative Commons License. 
  

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 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 young Black man named Miles.   
Listen & learn why St. Paul Youth Services (SPYS) is a leader in reimagining how our community engages with and holds itself accountable for youth.  
 

About Miles Asberry-Wallace:   
Miles Asberry-Wallace is a young black man who was born on February 7, 2011, and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He started drawing comics at five years old and made his first comic series, Miles TGM and the Giant Zombie. He loved making comics so much that he started selling them at school. He now has a comic book business named Stickman Legacy.  
About Guest Host Connor Walford:  
Connor Walford is in the 7th grade and is Miles Asberry Wallace’s best friend.  
 
Show Links:
Order Comic Books Online: https://strivepubandco.com/strivestore/p/kings-of-quests-a-tale-of-bros Order Merch Online: https://strivepubandco.com/strivestore/p/kings-of-quests-a-tale-of-bros *The music you hear on the podcast is provided by Blue Dot Sessions and is used here under a Creative Commons License.   

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 circumstances that come our way.  All of this takes places during the launch of Miles’ first published comic book, Kings of Quests: A Tale of Bros, Book #1 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 young Black man named Miles.   
Listen & learn why St. Paul Youth Services (SPYS) is a leader in reimagining how our community engages with and holds itself accountable for youth. 

About Miles Asberry-Wallace:   
Miles Asberry-Wallace is a young black man who was born on February 7, 2011, and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He started drawing comics at five years old and made his first comic series, Miles TGM and the Giant Zombie. He loved making comics so much that he started selling them at school. He now has a comic book business named Stickman Legacy.  
About Guest Host Connor Walford:  
Connor Walford is in the 7th grade and is Miles Asberry Wallace’s best friend.  
 
Show Links:
Order Comic Books Online: https://strivepubandco.com/strivestore/p/kings-of-quests-a-tale-of-bros Order Merch Online: https://strivepubandco.com/strivestore/p/kings-of-quests-a-tale-of-bros Read the Podcast “LIVE” Event Recording article in the Star Tribune  We invite you to share thoughts, ideas, and recommendations for the Rewriting the Rules℠ podcast that advance our progress towards our mission AND we welcome inquiries about the many ways our programs & services continue rewriting the rules of youth engagement. Contact us by clicking on the Telbee linked below.   Telbee* Link: https://sayhi.chat/spysrtr *The music you hear on the podcast is provided by Blue Dot Sessions and is used here under a Creative Commons License. 

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 episode, Guest Host Connor Walford interviews youth author & illustrator Miles Asberry-Wallace about publishing his first comic book, "Kings of Quests: A Tale of Bros.” Join us to connect the dots between Miles writing “mini” comic books for fun at 5 years old to publishing his first Comic Book (still) for fun at 12 years old. 


About Miles Asberry-Wallace:  
Miles Asberry-Wallace is a young black man who was born on February 7, 2011, and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He started drawing comics at five years old and made his first comic series, Miles TGM and the Giant Zombie. He loved making comics so much that he started selling them at school. He now has a comic book business named Stickman Legacy. 
 
About Guest Host Connor Walford:
Connor Walford is in the 7th grade and is Miles Asberry-Wallace’s best friend. 

Show Links:

Order Comic Books Online:
Kings of Quests: A Tale of Bros
https://strivepubandco.com/strivestore/p/kings-of-quests-a-tale-of-bros

Order Merchandise Online:
 https://strivepubandco.com/strivestore/p/kings-of-quests-sweatshirt

Read the Podcast “LIVE” Event Recording article in the Star Tribune
https://m.startribune.com/with-new-coming-book-young-minneapolis-author-artist-makes-his-debut/600342813/?clmob=y&c=n&clmob=y&c=n


*The music you hear on the podcast is provided by Blue Dot Sessions and is used here under a Creative Commons License. 

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 YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute about the ways that love shows up and stands out for them. Pull up a chair, lean in and be ready to... learn and listen about this thing called love! 
 
*The music you hear on the podcast is provided by Blue Dot Sessions and is used here under a Creative Commons License.