Mobilize Missouri Endorses Tishaura Jones for St. Louis Mayor

14 Feb

Mobilize Missouri Endorses Tishaura Jones for St. Louis Mayor

St. Louis is a city poised to evolve into a 21st century metropolis. Cranes dot the city’s skyline with new projects being announced daily. Just last month, our schools regained accreditation for the first time since 2007. A batch of startups have sprung up all over the city creating new jobs and attracting some of…

Mobilize Missouri Endorses Michela Skelton

30 Jan

Mobilize Missouri Endorses Michela Skelton

“The hard-working people of Mid-Missouri are tired of government that works only for the few, for the wealthy and for the well-connected. I’m running for state representative to stand up for working men and women, for seniors, for people with disabilities, for students, for teachers and for everyone in the 50th District who isn’t being…

MCU School-to-Prison Pipeline Event Recap

03 Jan

MCU School-to-Prison Pipeline Event Recap

Feedback Encouraged A guest post series by Jack Seigel Sometimes it’s hard to be a progressive in the county. Thankfully some high school friends and other community activists started the West County Community Action Network (We Can) in response to Ferguson and problematic racial relations in our backyard, through actions like weekly Black Lives Matter…

Fridays with an Activist, Ep 2: Cori Bush, Local Pastor and Community Organizer

16 Dec

Fridays with an Activist, Ep 2: Cori Bush, Local Pastor and Community Organizer

Episode 2 of an interview series with local activists about their work in Missouri. Tell me about your work and your organization. Recently I began getting involved working on homelessness in St. Louis as an independent citizen, not as part of an organization. I am a registered nurse and I worked at a community-based mental health…

Fridays with an Activist, Ep 1: Faizan Syed, Executive Director CAIR-Missouri

09 Dec

Fridays with an Activist, Ep 1: Faizan Syed, Executive Director CAIR-Missouri

Episode 1 of an interview series with local activists about their work in Missouri. Tell me about your work and your organization. CAIR stands for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. It defends civil rights in Missouri; like the NAACP for Muslims. But you can’t just sue everyone all the time, so you address the culture…

The Missouri Revival

06 Dec

The Missouri Revival

Who knows how long many of us felt something shifting beneath our feet. This past Saturday, concerned citizens from across the state gathered at Lincoln University in Jefferson City to attend the Missouri Democratic State Committee meeting for Q4. From what I understand, the level of participation and energy this time was significantly different from…

Fight for $15 Event Coverage

01 Dec

Fight for $15 Event Coverage

Guest blog post by Jack Seigel I participated in the last event of a day of action organized by Fight for $15 and Jobs with Justice yesterday. The focus was economic justice, living wages, and putting people over profits. There was a strong union presence, plus many religious leaders and politicians. A brave few decided…

Election 2016 Post-Mortem Series: How Progressives Can Take the Reins of the Missouri Democratic Party

23 Nov

Election 2016 Post-Mortem Series: How Progressives Can Take the Reins of the Missouri Democratic Party

Part 1: All is Not Lost for Progressives in Missouri By Danny Gladden, MBA, MSW, LCSW Community Social Worker By now, you have had time to digest the 2016 election results. If you are a progressive living in Missouri, you are likely making your way through the stages of grief. As a social worker, I…

Jobs with Justice Community Meeting Recap

18 Nov

Jobs with Justice Community Meeting Recap

Guest blog post by Jack Seigel Last night, I attended a Jobs With Justice community meeting that included labor leaders, elected officials, community organizers, union members, and concerned citizens, with a spirit of checking in on people post-election and reaffirming a commitment to the work ahead. As we sat and listened to the reactions from the group, we…

Mobilize Missouri Endorses Curtis Wylde

07 Nov

Mobilize Missouri Endorses Curtis Wylde

Curtis Wylde is currently running for the Missouri Legislature in District 107. It is easy in this current political climate to get caught up in the cult of personality and to lose sight of the issues facing us on a daily basis. Curtis is larger than life and it would be easy to dismiss…

Books & BBQ Summer 2017

This month Hands Up United will be celebrating Black Music Month with our #BooksAndBbQ . We’ve had our #BooksAndBreakfast program going for almost 3 years each month providing free books and a nutrition breakfast for the community. For more info please follow our social media and visit handsupunited.org

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