In this episode, our StitchCast sits down with St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's Sergeant Stephen Perry, for a conversation about the relationship between the police and the community in this edition of StitchCast Studio LIVE! Recorded live at High Low in Saint Louis, Missouri on April 23, 2024.

 

Pick the City UP Arts Interlude

Saint Louis, Saint Louis

Traydon Rogers, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2024

Recorded live at High Low, April 23, 2024

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In 2024, Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.

Support for Story Stitchers creative youth development programs is provided in part by The Lewis Prize for Music 2021 Accelerator Award.

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs has been provided by Kranzberg Arts Foundation where Saint Louis Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization and by the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Youth Opportunities Program.

StitchCast Studio LIVE!

Season VI

Listen to Story Stitchers latest season of live podcast discussions and open mics, presented and recorded on the state-of-the-arts stage, High Low, 3301 Washington Ave. Story Stitchers artists and guest artists round out each presentation with live art interludes. Episodes include:

Tuesday, January 23

Black Youth and Juvenile Justice

Guest: Ryan Vickers, Youth Advocacy Program

Tuesday, February 27

Black History Lessons

John A. Wright, Sr. and John A. Wright, Jr.

Tuesday, March 26

Mental Health Crisis

Hassan Shariff

Tuesday, April 23

Mending the Gap - Black Youth and Police

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's Sergeant Stephen Perry

Tuesday, May 28

The Great Outdoors

The Brickline Greenway with Great Rivers Greenway's

Emma Klues and Shaughnessy Daniels

  

ABOUT

Watch and be a part of Story Stitchers live podcast discussions, presented on the state-of-the-arts stage of 3301 Washington Ave. Story Stitchers artists and guest artists will round out each presentation with live art interludes.

Youth, ages 16-25 years old, discuss current topics in live podcast recordings on stage. Live art interludes are incorporated into the presentations. Learn about the community through the words of young leaders.

Youth, ages 16-25, lead meaningful dialogues that inspire original content in mentor-led workshops based on participants’ lived experiences in economically disadvantaged, high crime areas. Podcasts focus on the streets, gun violence, and finding solutions to issues that are coming at our youth hard. The project goal is to gain greater understanding of the needs and desires of the youth served and to give them an amplified voice to create needed changes in society, to support youth in a successful transition to adulthood, and to reduce youth crime in St. Louis. Youth artists use dialogue, adult guests, original poetry, and music to highlight their personal experiences with gun violence, life transitions, and mental health, promoting mutual respect for diverse ideas, greater understanding, and a more peaceful society.