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Deaconess COVID-19 Funding Supports more than 100 Black-Led Groups
Deaconess Foundation invested more than $2.2 million to support emergency response and recovery efforts in the St. Louis region from March through August. Since the launch of its COVID-19 Equitable …Learn More
Wilson To Leave Deaconess Foundation
The most remarkable gift of my professional life is that I have never had to choose…between calling and career, values and paychecks, or faith and work. Even when I came …Learn More
Statement of Appreciation for Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson
With overwhelming gratitude, Deaconess Foundation’s Board of Trustees and Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being’s Board of Directors honor the Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson’s nine years of service to the children …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
Jamaa Birth Village
Jamaa Birth Village is a 501(c)3 non-profit Maternal Health organization located in Ferguson, Missouri serving the greater St. Louis metro..Read more
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It's National Voter Registration Day!
Tonight at 8PM EST/7PM CST, join @RevDrStarsky and @pastortraci for @blackchurchpac's Video Training-Voter Registration & Absentee Voting!
It's National Voter Registration Day!
Tonight at 8PM EST/7PM CST, join @RevDrStarsky and @pastortraci for @blackchurchpac's Video Training-Voter Registration & Absentee Voting!
In Illinois, early voting for the 2020 General Election starts in just 4 days on September 24th! Find information about how you can participate in early voting here: https://www.elections.il.gov/VotingAndRegistrationSystems/EarlyVotingLocationsSearch.aspx
It's National Voter Registration Day!
Tonight at 8PM EST/7PM CST, join @RevDrStarsky and @pastortraci for @blackchurchpac's Video Training-Voter Registration & Absentee Voting!
In Illinois, early voting for the 2020 General Election starts in just 4 days on September 24th! Find information about how you can participate in early voting here: https://www.elections.il.gov/VotingAndRegistrationSystems/EarlyVotingLocationsSearch.aspx
Today - Sunday, 9/20 at 9:30 AM at Christ the King UCC, join Rev. Traci Blackmon and @RevDrStarsky for Park and Praise! Bring a lawn chair, a mask, and be ready to lift your hands in praise!
Free masks, water, hand sanitizer, and "Souls to the Polls" shirts will be available.
