Robert Motley Jr., manager of the Center for Social Development’s Race and Opportunity Lab, has received a two-year $60,936 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and a $5,000 grant from the Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation.
October 17, 2019, 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., Brown Lounge, Brown Hall Washington University in St. Louis
August 29, 2019, 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., Brown Lounge, Brown Hall Washington University in St. Louis
Joe, S., & Motley, R. (2019, February). Social mobility: The necessary focus of St. Louis investment in Black males (Race and Opportunity Lab Brief Report No. 1). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Cen¬ter for Social Development, Race and Opportunity Lab. https://doi.org/10.7936/s7h3-ct03
Inspired by HomeGrown STL’s “strong track record of working to improve life outcomes for boys and young men of color,” the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance has named HomeGrown STL a “Community to Watch.”
February 7, 2019, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Clark-Fox Forum, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
December 13, 2018, 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., Washington University in St. Louis
HomeGrown STL Director Sean Joe and St. Louis American Managing Editor Chris King have teamed up to produce a yearlong series called “Homegrown Black Males” to change the narrative for local black teens and men.
HomeGrown STL. (2018, March). Build the village that raises the child (CSD Conference Report No. 18-10). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development, Race & Opportunity Lab, HomeGrown STL.
More than 120 people working to improve the lives of black boys and young men in St. Louis participated in the second annual HomeGrown STL Summit on February 8.
February 8, 2018, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Brown School of Social Work, Clark-Fox Forum, Washington University in St. Louis
Motley, R. O., Jr., & Joe, S. (2018). Police use of force by ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic class. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 9(1), 49-67. doi:10.1086/696355
Luther Tyus, an ex-police officer, is now a graduate research assistant with our Race and Opportunity Lab. “I got here,” he says of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, “and it feels like the world opened up.”
HomeGrown STL is close to putting its strategy for collective impact to work in St. Louis. The project, part of the Center for Social Development’s Race and Opportunity Lab, aims to support the social mobility of black boys and men between the ages of 12 and 29 in St. Louis City and County.
Motley, R. O., Jr., Sewell, W., & Chen, Y.-C. (2017). Community violence exposure and risk taking behaviors among Black emerging adults: A systematic review. Journal of Community Health, 42(5), 1069–1078. doi:10.1007/s10900-017-0353-4
Thursday, June 8, 2017, 8:00 am to 10:30 am, Brown Lounge, Brown Hall at the Brown School of Social Work
The HomeGrown STL Inaugural Summit, February 9 at the Brown School, drew about 120 people committed to improving the lives of black boys and young men in St. Louis City and County.
February 9, 2017, 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall, Brown School
More than 200 mental health practitioners, scholars, university administrators, parents, students and community leaders gathered for the conference “Young, Gifted & @Risk: Promoting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color” on November 11 at the Brown School of Social Work.
November 11, 2016, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall, Brown School
Thursday, June 9, 2016 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Washington University in St. Louis
Thursday, February 25, 2016 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Washington University in St. Louis
Thursday, February 25, 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Washington University in St. Louis