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Eboni Edwards, a junior Performing Arts and Musical Theatre major at Southern Arkansas University, will be attending Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEP), a weeklong workshop program held annually at the Julliard School in New York City.

Edwards, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, will attend the program June 3-9. It will be her first time in New York.

ASTEP uses art to transform lives by connecting underserved youth with visual and performing artists. According to the Web site, ASTEP awakens imagination and fosters critical thinking among young people. (more…)