Hello Friends, Family, & YASP supporters. The documentary Stolen Dreams II Breaking the Cycle of youth Violence Trauma & Imprisonment was recently screened on January 7th,2014. Stolen Dreams II is an inspiring film that reaches out to the community to help get the word out about stopping violence and finding ways to address violence other than throwing our young people in jail. In the film, you’ll hear from young people who’ve been locked up, people who’ve lost family members to violence and young men and women who are currently in adult jails. We hope these different voices can give audiences a deeper understanding of how young people in Philly are impacted on a daily basis by violence and incarceration. The screening was such a huge success. It was a great audience, & lots of interesting questions. If you missed out on the screening you should buy the documentary which the funding would go to help support the work we do or contact us. Bring YASP to your communities, schools & colleges. IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE ONE CHILD ! - Tot & YASP TEAM

Hello Friends, Family, & YASP supporters. The documentary Stolen Dreams II Breaking the Cycle of youth Violence Trauma & Imprisonment was recently screened on January 7th,2014. Stolen Dreams II is an inspiring film that reaches out to the community to help get the word out about stopping violence and finding ways to address violence other than throwing our young people in jail. In the film, you’ll hear from young people who’ve been locked up, people who’ve lost family members to violence and young men and women who are currently in adult jails. We hope these different voices can give audiences a deeper understanding of how young people in Philly are impacted on a daily basis by violence and incarceration. The screening was such a huge success. It was a great audience, & lots of interesting questions. If you missed out on the screening you should buy the documentary which the funding would go to help support the work we do or contact us. Bring YASP to your communities, schools & colleges. IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE ONE CHILD ! - Tot & YASP TEAM

Join us for art, poetry, food, music, and a big raffle! 

Come out to this extravagant event to have fun and raise money for two amazing organizations. 

Great raffle prizes from The Satellite Cafe, Honest Tom's Taco Shop, Manakeesh Cafe Bakery, Little Baby's Ice Cream and more!

Recommended donation of $10-$30 at the door. RSVP on Facebook, or by emailing us at yasproject@gmail.com or calling our office at 267-571-YASP.

We hope to see you there! 

Can't make it but still want to donate to support our work? 

Great news! You're just one-click away from making a donation online. You can also mail checks (Payable to "Reconstruction Inc." with "YASP" in the memo line) to us:

YASP C/O Reconstruction Inc.
PO Box 7691
Philadelphia, PA 19101

Recently , YASP went inside of Jubilee Elementary school. We did a workshop with the 5th & 6th graders that attend there. Our workshop was about the school-to-prison pipeline. We asked the youth "when you think of a pipeline what do you think of ," most responses were that water runs through it. We made it clear to them that this particular pipeline is about someone who gets pushed out of school & then ends up in the prison system. This class was so amazing, they knew more than what we put out as far as the school closings & more prisons being built. To top it all off, this school started in 1977 with a small classroom in the back of a thrift store. It's amazing when you set out to make a powerful positive change how it can grow from nothing to something. We also filmed this workshop with the help of our scribe facilitators who are working with us on our documentary called "Stolen Dreams 2". We came to a conclusion that the more we educate our future, meaning our youth, the better the result we will see within our communities.