For his efforts in creating and running the proactive pipeline program that aims to cultivate academic excellence and leadership in black males, Tracy Dace will be presented the Youth Advancement award at Friday's Champaign County NAACP Freedom Forum banquet. CHAMPAIGN — Tracy Dace often refers to the youth he works with as dreamers, but the program he launched three years ago goes way beyond that. "They see us as do-ers," Dace said, describing how parents of the boys involved view DREAAM House — a proactive, pre-kindergarten-to-college pipeline program he started to cultivate academic excellence and leadership in black males. read more