MAE Film Series Features “Joe’s Place”

The Department of Education will kickoff their 2015-16 MAE Film Series, Focus on Diversity, Oct. 12 with a special showing of the documentary “Joe’s Place.”

The event is free of charge and will take place from 6-8 p.m. in Baldwin Hall Little Theater.

As part of the event, Truman alumni Jeremy and Rachel Mapp, current house parents at Joe’s Place, will facilitate a discussion about homelessness in youth. They will highlight the steps taken in the Maplewood Richmond Heights District of St. Louis to address this concern.

For more information about the documentary, visit joesplacestl.org. For more information about the film series, contact Jeanne Harding, director of field experiences, at 660.785.4399 or by emailing jharding@truman.edu.