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Civic Engagement is Making Change for Children | July 2020 Newsletter
Deaconess Community, We pray and hope that you are well. Although the first six months of 2020 have been challenging, the last six months are filled with opportunity. A glimpse …Learn More
Action Alert: Child Advocacy and Police Violence
Join Us! Children’s Defense Fund Child Advocacy Institute Deaconess Community, Twenty-six years ago, Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president emerita of the Children’s Defense Fund, envisioned the Proctor Institute for …Learn More
Black Lives Matter: An Institutional Commitment
Deaconess Foundation envisions a community that values the health and well-being of all children and gives priority attention to the most vulnerable. This community only thrives if the allocation of …Learn More
OUR PARTNERS
We support and learn from our region’s
leading community organizations.
Partner Highlight
Missouri Health Care for All
Missouri Health Care for All (MHCFA) is the only permanent, statewide organization in Missouri focused solely on grassroots mobilization on health..Read more
Action St. Louis Tenant Organizing
Action St. Louis is the Deaconess Foundation’s Reverend Buck Jones Memorial Grant for Tenant Organizing partner, Rev. Starsky Wilson, president..Read more
St. Francis Community Services
St. Francis Community Services received a Responsive Grant for “Justice for Immigrant Youth & Families.” While St. Francis has done..Read more
2020 Public Policy Campaign Partners
During the Just 4 Kids Community Conversation on November 18, 2019 we announced an investment of $100,000 to support a..Read more
East St. Louis Moms Testify Before U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Parents United for Change, a chapter of Deaconess Foundation’s Just for Kids Anchor Institution, Community Organizing Family Issues (COFI) has..Read more
Powerful Work from Our Partners
Deaconess Foundation envisions a community that values the health and well-being of all children and gives priority attention to the most..Read more
Forward Through Ferguson
After the death of Michael Brown, Jr. on Aug. 9, 2014, “Ferguson” came to symbolize racial strife and inequality in..Read more
Missouri Jobs with Justice
Missouri Jobs with Justice’s (JwJ) mission is to organize Missourians to build transformative power for social, racial, and economic justice..Read more
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Despite passing Raise the Age in 2018 to keep children out of the adult incarceration system, #moleg are considering legislation to mandate adult certification hearings for children as young as 14 years old. From @krisisblackstar of @justiceforyouth and @RevDrStarsky [1/3]
Despite passing Raise the Age in 2018 to keep children out of the adult incarceration system, #moleg are considering legislation to mandate adult certification hearings for children as young as 14 years old. From @krisisblackstar of @justiceforyouth and @RevDrStarsky [1/3]
#ICYMI: the Census Bureau is ending counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept 30, a month sooner than previously announced. It is critical that we all participate in the census, for appropriate resources to be allocated to our communities.
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Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month
Under pressure to meet legal deadlines that Congress hasn't changed despite pandemic-related delays, the Census Bureau announced a new end date after ...
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Despite passing Raise the Age in 2018 to keep children out of the adult incarceration system, #moleg are considering legislation to mandate adult certification hearings for children as young as 14 years old. From @krisisblackstar of @justiceforyouth and @RevDrStarsky [1/3]
#ICYMI: the Census Bureau is ending counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept 30, a month sooner than previously announced. It is critical that we all participate in the census, for appropriate resources to be allocated to our communities.
#USCensus
Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month
Under pressure to meet legal deadlines that Congress hasn't changed despite pandemic-related delays, the Census Bureau announced a new end date after ...
www.npr.org
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