Ready for ACTION—5 Ways to Activate for Racial Equity!
updated on 7/22/20
Passing along this message from Forward Through Ferguson!
5 Ways to Take Action for Racial Equity!
St. Louis Friends –
Wow! We are already in July! Stay tuned for our newletter in early August with all the Racial Equity work we've been up to these past two months.
In the meantime, here are 5 actions you can take today to advance Racial Equity!
1. Community Vision & Priority Survey - Racial Healing+Justice Fund
Forward Through Ferguson is in the middle of the community design process in preparation for the launch of the Racial Healing + Justice Fund in September. We want to her your voice, vision, and priorities!
The priorities of the Fund will be community-designed, and investment of the money will be community-led, centering community healers, community organizers, and people directly impacted by racial oppression.
Please share the quick survey with your community groups and networks! Especially Black and people of color residents.
2. Get Ready to Give! Ready by Five Give Day
TODAY | July 22nd
Today let's achieve the greatest impact possible. With your help, we can lead our region in supporting children ages 0 to 5 with high-quality, accessible early childhood education and services.
For just 24-hours, your gift will be tripled by campaign sponsors as we work together to ensure that all kids have the opportunity to be Ready by Five.
Donate online at Charidy.com/readybyfive or on CashApp at $readybyfivestl
Learn more about Ready by Five at www.readybyfive.com. Donate and spread the word! High-quality early childhood education is a signature priority of the Ferguson Commission Report.
Triple your Donation to Ready by Five!
3. Sign on to End Police Violence
It's clear that systemic racism is alive and well in our region’s police departments. The time for change is now. This petition lays out the 5 immediate first steps on the critical journey for St. Louis City to divest from and defund racist systems, reimagine public safety, and equitably invest in community well-being. Add your name today! Help us reach 3,000 signatures.
We joined with 12 other community organizations to write and release this petition to demand transformation that centers transparency and community voice in reimagining public safety.
Action St. Louis, Forward Through Ferguson, ArchCity Defenders, Inc., Deaconess Foundation, United Congregations of Metro-East, Loretto Community (Sisters and Co-Members) - St. Louis, Peace Economy Project, Organization for Black Struggle, Grassroots Accountability Movement, Missouri Jobs with Justice, Empower Missouri, WEPOWER, Metropolitan Congregations United
4. Vote YES to Expand Medicaid in Missouri
FTF is voting #YesOn2 this Aug. 4th and we need your support!
Join FTF, in partnership with Healthcare for Missouri, and sign up for a shift to call voters.
Phone bank shifts are in the morning, afternoon and evening, everyday from July 25th - August 3rd.
We would love for you to sign up to volunteer to make calls to voters! Expanding Medicaid is a signature priority of the Ferguson Commission Report and would make a huge impact toward eliminating racial disparities in health and chipping away at the racial wealth gap.
5. Ready. Set. Let's Focus!
Two events. Same day. Calling all St. Louis Community Healers and the St. Louis Community Organizers:
St. Louis Community Healers Focus Group Event
July 27th | 10:00am - 12:00pm
If you are a St. Louis healing practitioner, the goals for this meeting are to gather a deeper understanding of the landscape of organizing in St. Louis. Here, we will also help access needs, assets, and gaps for Community Organizers in the area.
- Sign up today! RSVP on Facebook for the Healing Practitioners Focus Group on July 27th!
- Take our Healing Practitioners survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/stlhealers.
Community Organizer Focus Group Event
July 27th | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
If you are someone who does healing work in the St. Louis area, goals of this focus group are to gather a deeper understanding of the landscape of people and organizations doing racial healing work and, to understand the needs of this sector that the fund can invest in.
- Join us for the Community Organizers focus group on July 27th! Let us know you're coming by a simple RSVP.
- Take our Community Organizer survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/stlorganizers.
Mark your calendar for the Racial Healing + Justice Interactive Community Panel Part II on August 21st, 2020 at 6:00pm.
Join in for a community discussion on the Opportunity to Thrive and Racial Equity as addressed in the Ferguson Commission report, in relation to Racial Healing + Justice.
Register here: https://bit.ly/RHJSTL2
Share these opportunities with your networks!
We'll see you "virtually" soon.
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