Lunchtime Learning - March

with speaker Eryca Neville

aired March 12, 2025

Topic Discussed:

Honest Conversations: How To Rebuild Systems to Support Our Most Vulnerable Youth

After a brief presentation about the transformative work at small alternative high school, participants will discuss the role relationships, collaboration and honest conversations play in creating new and necessary systems to support our struggling youth.  The roles of schools, mental health systems, businesses, and other community partners will be highlighted.  This conversation will lead to actionable steps for all participants.

Speaker Bio:

Eryca Neville is currently the Principal of Frederick Douglass High School. She is also an Educational Consultant with A Brighter Day Therapeutic Services, Houston, TX and provide business and educational consulting with Walker, Neville, and Associates LLC.

Eryca holds a BSBA Economics, BSBA Marketing, MEd Curriculum and Instruction, EdSp Educational Administration and a PhD Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Missouri. She truly bleeds black and gold!

In addition to her roles with Columbia Public Schools and as a consultant, she is currently a board member for the following organizations: Heart of Missouri United Way, Boone County History & Culture Center, The Missouri Symphony, Boone County Democratic Committee and the Flourish Initiative. Eryca has been recognized as a NAACP Outstanding Educator, Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow, and as the 2022 recipient of the ATHENA International Leadership Award. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and The Links, Incorporated.

What’s her why? She is the mother of 3 phenomenal children, Nicole, Nia, and Charles. They are her absolute joy, and they inspire and motivate her daily.