After the death of Michael Brown, Jr. on Aug. 9, 2014, “Ferguson” came to symbolize racial strife and inequality in the United States. Throughout this country, the circumstances surrounding and following his death have sharply defined the challenges that demand transformation. The alternative to change is to accept an untenable environment that is fraught with inequities and continued conflict. The …
During the Just 4 Kids Community Conversation on November 18, 2019 we announced an investment of $100,000 to support a 2020 collaborative public policy Campaign to Achieve Medicaid Expansion and Democracy Reform. Missouri Jobs with Justice and Action St. Louis are collaborating campaign partners focused on mobilizing their combined base among uninsured or underinsured citizens and developing the leadership capacity of people for …
Action St. Louis is the Deaconess Foundation’s Reverend Buck Jones Memorial Grant for Tenant Organizing partner, Rev. Starsky Wilson, president and CEO of Deaconess Foundation, announced on Monday, December 9 at the foundation’s Just for Kids Community Conversation. The $40,000 grant will go to support tenant engagement and organizing of Clinton-Peabody Housing Complex residents. Read more: Action St. Louis Awarded …