Events

With renovations for the residential services wing coming to a close, After8toEducate hosted An Evening of Appreciation at the Fannie C. Harris Youth Center. Guests toured the facility, which includes single and double occupancy bedrooms for up to 35 youth on the second floor, along...

20 December, 2019

Photos of student stories and responses from An Evening of Appreciation event. These personal stories and statistics were written on the bedroom walls at the residential services wing at the Fannie C. Harris Youth Center. As guests viewed the vignettes, they were invited to become...

18 December, 2019

The Metro Dallas Youth Committee hosted the Youth Homeless Address: Call to Action on November 19. The event included powerful spoken word poetry performed by a student, a poverty simulation game, presentation of the latest data from the 2019 youth counts in Dallas, and...

26 November, 2019

Thirty youth participated in a College Readiness Workshop at the Fannie C. Harris Youth Center on Saturday, September 7th. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority brought their #CAP Program to the Center and coordinated an interactive learning event. Youth from Promise House, Kyle’s Place, EAGLE Scholars Program...

30 September, 2019

With the Drop-In Center at the Fannie C. Harris Youth Center open, After8toEduate and CitySquare teams have been working together to coordinate outreach opportunities, meeting youth where they are, about services currently available at the Center. This coordinated effort led to two inaugural “pop-up” outreach...

16 August, 2019

The After8toEducate Collaborative invited Dallas Independent School District administrators, teachers, counselors, Dallas ISD police, and other staff to preview the drop-in center at the Fannie C. Harris Youth Center on March 5, 2019.During the event, After8toEducate Executive Director Hillary Evans introduced the Collaborative and shared the vision...

30 March, 2019