Deaconess Community, Joy has been on my mind, and I can sense that 2024 will be a season of fruit-bearing. In a recurring column published in The St. Louis American this week I shared the following… The calendar has turned, and the new year is off and running. We have the first months of 2024...

Deaconess Community, As Deaconess has adopted a new strategic framework, we are intentionally reflecting on how each of our practices and policies are interwoven into our strategic aspiration of reaching liberation in seven generations. Deaconess as an organization must interrogate our own hearts as reflected in our internal practices and processes to make sure that...

Policy Campaign Grants Policy Campaign Grants offer up to $100,000 in general operating funding to support timely and urgent issue-based campaigns to advance public policy through grassroots advocacy, civic engagement and community organizing aligned with our desired impacts. Policy Campaign Grants are designed to support expanded capacity to movement infrastructure. This strategy propels our work...

Deaconess Community, As 2023 concludes we reflect on the year with appreciation for you, our neighbors, community members, partners, and co-laborers with whom we have taken significant steps forward. Our public meetings and strategy sessions immediately come to mind. After an 18-month engagement process with the community and stakeholders to gather feedback, we launched our...