Save Our Sons
Location & Contact:
Missouri Career Center
26 North Oaks Plaza
St.Louis, MO 63121
314-679-3500
St. Louis County
8960 Jennings Station Rd.
Jennings, MO 63136
314-388-9840
Jamie Dennis, Director of Save Our Sons
(314) 388-9840 Ext:133
Lawrence Prograis III, Workforce Development Specialist
(314) 388-9840 Ext:102
Charles Jenkins IV, Workforce Development Specialist
(314) 388-9840 Ext:103
Despite our advances as a country, young men of color continue to face significant challenges. Currently 54% of African American men graduate from high school, compared to more than 75% of their peers. Lacking a high school education o en leads to elevated poverty and unemployment rates in the African American community.
The Save Our Sons (SOS) program seeks to help economically disadvantaged African American men living in Ferguson and surrounding North St. Louis County communities nd jobs and have the opportunity to earn livable wages.
Created as a result of the Ferguson Crisis, SOS is supported by: AT&T, Wells Fargo, Monsanto, Emerson, Anheuser-Busch, Regions Bank, Regional Business Council, Ameren, St. Louis County NAACP, Macy’s, Grainger, Reliance Bank and many other organizations
Michael Roberts, Jamie Dennis, Michael P. McMillan, National Recording Artist-John Legend, Mack Caldwel, Marcus Allen, Darryl Jones, II and Michelle Norris at the St. Louis County Urban League Outreach Center.
SAVE OUR SONS CURRICULUM
This program completes these objectives by
assisting the participants in obtaining post
secondary education and job training and teaching the imperative career skills and
work ethic necessary to become successful
employees in today’s workforce.
Week One: How to Find a Job
Week Two: How to Keep a Job
Week Three: How to Get Promoted
Week Four: How to Remain Marketable in the Workplace
VOLUNTEER SPEAKERS
Be the change you want to see in your community. Join the movement to help
our unemployed and underemployed
African American men secure economic self-sufficiency. The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis seeks caring,
talented, giving individuals to help carry out the agency’s mission and goals. Without volunteers, the Urban League would be far more limited in what it can
do for our community.