Communications Coordinator, Milkayla sat down with our Organizing Manager and Housing Advocate, Kennard Williams.
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On Sunday, December 5, 2021, the office occupied by the staff of ACTION ST. LOUIS, a grassroots organization building political power for Black citizens across the city, caught fire. Executive Director Kayla Reed responds to the event.
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Everyday our organization is fortunate to work with tenants whose stories affirm the importance of building Black political power in St. Louis. Brian Fitzpatrick is one of them. Brian is St. Louis based tenant we’ve been organizing at the apartment complex now called, “The Fountains.” Tap to read his story.
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Action’s Executive Director, Kayla Reed, joins forces with Blake Strode of Arch City Defenders to explain how to build power at the intersections of protest and politics in the New York Times.
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Nearly a year after calls to defund the police, policing continues to claim Black lives. The only way to prevent the police from taking another Black life is to defund the police and move towards the path of abolition. Our Abolition Organizer, Jae Shepherd, is leading a growing movement of people fighting to bring us closer to this vision.
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Our Executive Director, Kayla Reed, shared her movement story with Rebecca Rivas from the Missouri Independent—from how she started Action St. Louis to the work Action is doing to transform the political landscape in St. Louis.
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Tune in every Friday for the latest episode of Under the Arch, a collaboration of Arch City Defenders and Action St. Louis.
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Kennedy Moore, 2020 BOSS Fellow: "My time as a fellow with Action St. Louis in the Black Organizing Summer School (BOSS) will follow me for the rest of my life. This program not only enhanced my previous advocacy but gave me the tools, knowledge, and relationships to build Black power in the St. Louis region and beyond. I am so grateful for the Ella Baker model of leadership development that Kayla Reed instilled in us. In the future, I hope to pass down that same type of mentorship to other future organizers."
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Thirteen community groups issued an open letter to St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards.
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This report calls out environmental racism—“the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of color” —in St. Louis.
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