Racial Equity /tags/racial-equity Racial Equity en-US Copyright © 2024 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 18:00:46 GMT University of Missouri eliminates DEI department, bowing to GOP pressures /education/2024-07-30/university-of-missouri-cuts-diversity-equity-dei-department UM System President Mun Choi said that the Department of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity — established after protests about racial equality in 2015 — will be dismantled and moved into other offices to reduce political visibility and protect its budget. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 18:00:46 GMT /education/2024-07-30/university-of-missouri-cuts-diversity-equity-dei-department Rudi Keller As the push for reparations grows, a national group works for redress at local levels /race-identity-and-faith/2024-07-02/st-louis-reparations-african-american-redress-network-local-redress-black A group of attorneys and researchers are stepping in to help community organizations and local and state reparations task forces get to reparative justice for Black communities. The African American Redress Network prepares harm reports, researches disparities or helps preserve a town's Black history. Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:06:47 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-07-02/st-louis-reparations-african-american-redress-network-local-redress-black Andrea Y. Henderson STLPR wants to hear your 10-year reflections on the Ferguson uprising /2024-03-05/stlpr-wants-to-hear-your-reflections-on-the-ferguson-uprising-nearly-10-years-after-it-began Join one of © 2024 ’s community listening sessions across the St. Louis region or fill out our online survey to help inform our reporting. Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:00:09 GMT /2024-03-05/stlpr-wants-to-hear-your-reflections-on-the-ferguson-uprising-nearly-10-years-after-it-began Lara Hamdan Nikki Giovanni wants St. Louis to know she loves you, and that you’re great /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-11-08/nikki-giovanni-wants-st-louis-to-know-she-loves-you-and-that-youre-great The world-renowned poet will deliver the keynote address at the St. Louis Racial Equity Summit on Thursday. Wed, 08 Nov 2023 23:48:07 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-11-08/nikki-giovanni-wants-st-louis-to-know-she-loves-you-and-that-youre-great Miya Norfleet Affinia Healthcare brings clinic to Ferguson to help eliminate health disparities /health-science-environment/2023-10-25/affinia-healthcare-brings-clinic-to-ferguson-to-help-eliminate-health-disparities Affinia Healthcare is opening a 15,000-square-foot clinic in Ferguson on Nov. 2., which will be led by three Black women physicians. People can receive pediatric care, dental care, behavioral health services, lactation assistance, substance abuse support, family medicine care and midwifery services. Wed, 25 Oct 2023 20:45:13 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-10-25/affinia-healthcare-brings-clinic-to-ferguson-to-help-eliminate-health-disparities Andrea Y. Henderson Last living witness to Emmett Till's kidnapping tells his story at SIU equity symposium /culture-history/2023-10-20/last-living-witness-to-emmett-tills-kidnapping-tells-his-story-at-siu-equity-symposium The Rev. Wheeler Parker of Summit, Illinois, traveled with Till and other family members to Mississippi in 1955 when he was kidnapped and later murdered. After all these years, Parker said Till’s story still needs to be told. Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2023-10-20/last-living-witness-to-emmett-tills-kidnapping-tells-his-story-at-siu-equity-symposium Will Bauer Artists of color expand opera’s view with 3 new works at Opera Theatre of St. Louis /arts/2023-03-15/artists-of-color-expand-operas-view-with-3-new-works-at-opera-theatre-of-st-louis Opera Theatre of St. Louis will present three short operas, all by artists of color who’ve worked largely outside the opera world. The works address the roots of Black, queer ballroom culture; three important inventors who were Black women, and the Supreme Court battle over a rock band’s attempt to reappropriate a racial slur. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:00:00 GMT /arts/2023-03-15/artists-of-color-expand-operas-view-with-3-new-works-at-opera-theatre-of-st-louis Jeremy D. Goodwin Ibram X. Kendi's book, Cbabi Bayoc's illustrations encourage kids to be antiracist /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-12-06/ibram-x-kendis-book-cbabi-bayocs-illustrations-encourage-kids-to-be-antiracist Author Ibram X. Kendi and St. Louis artist Cbabi Bayoc discuss their recent collaboration on the children’s book “Goodnight Racism.” Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:05:56 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-12-06/ibram-x-kendis-book-cbabi-bayocs-illustrations-encourage-kids-to-be-antiracist Avery Lea Rogers $300k grant aims to help St. Louis County solve racial inequities in its jail /law-order/2022-08-24/grant-from-macarthur-foundation-will-help-st-louis-county-solve-racial-inequities-in-its-jail The $300,000 grant will fund a team of researchers who will talk to corrections officers and jail residents to understand how racism and racial inequalities play out in the jail. Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:55:06 GMT /law-order/2022-08-24/grant-from-macarthur-foundation-will-help-st-louis-county-solve-racial-inequities-in-its-jail Rachel Lippmann This Missouri-trained artist carves out room for Black culture in graphic design /culture-history/2022-06-21/this-missouri-trained-artist-carves-out-room-for-black-culture-in-graphic-design With a revolutionary deck of cards and new designs, the Kansas City-raised designer focuses on bringing culture into her passion projects. Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:05:08 GMT /culture-history/2022-06-21/this-missouri-trained-artist-carves-out-room-for-black-culture-in-graphic-design Savannah Hawley