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Baton
Rouge, LA - The Family & Youth Development Program at Southern University
Ag Center will hold its 13th Back-to-School Summit for 8th
graders on September 12, 2013, 8:30 am-1:00 pm at the Blackham Coliseum,
2330 Johnston Street, Lafayette. The theme for this year’s event is
“Reach for the Star in You!” Featured speakers include Danna Andrus "Dr.
Truth"; Kwame I. Asanté, Attorney and
Mentor; Byron
Starks, Coach and Mentor; and Den Hussey, Motivational Speaker.
Participants
will receive informational brochures along with school supplies from various agencies
while learning from motivational speakers and video presentations. Topics of discussion include a wide range of
healthy living tips, from sexual conduct to drug abuse. The goal of the program
is to give young people health alternative choices in life. The program targets
eighth-graders because they are on the edge of becoming teenagers.
The
Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives which organizes this annual event is the satellite arm of the Southern
University Agricultural Research and Extension Center. Its mission is to improve the
socioeconomic well-being of citizens in rural communities within a ten-parish
region of Southwest Louisiana. The Center, located in Opelousas, performs functions consistent with
the SU Ag Center’s mission of conducting basic and applied research and
disseminating information to the citizens of Louisiana.
For further
details, please contact Wanda Burke at 225-771-5184 or (337) 943-2410; via email at wanda_burke@suagcenter.com
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Contact:
Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
bridget_udoh@suagcenter.com
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