I am excited to share with you some of the great work the Honors College is doing! The St. Louis Civil Rights Speaker Series is an on-going discussion on race in St. Louis and the importance of activism in the city’s past and present. The final conversation will be October 27th at 6:30pm with Sylvester Brown. Sylvester was a former columnist from Post-Dispatch and writes for the St. Louis American. He was the opening narrator for the Pruitt-Igoe Myth documentary and has come to campus numerous times to talk to students about growing up in Pruitt-Igoe. Sylvester also participated in the Beyond the Building videos and is currently the founder of the Sweet Potato Project. This was created to restore economic activities in North St. Louis to teach youth a sustainable business and entrepreneurial skills.