This summer, I had the opportunity to spend 10 days teaching fourth graders in Hyderabad, India. I'd originally travelled to India to take a public health course but had been given the opportunity to work with a missions organization called Jesus Way International. It was an amazing opportunity, ...
The United States has a black president. This shouldn't be surprising. President Obama was elected in 2008 and it's currently 2011. But, my point has less to do with our president's skin color and more to do with the relationship between race and politics. You see, it's 2011, we have a black ...
Mission: St. Louis has focused on the Forest Park Southeast (FPSE) community for the last 4 years, building relationships with the residents who live there. FPSE has a poverty rate of 36%, which is 11% higher than the City of St. Louis and 24% higher than the average for the state of ...
Mission:St. Louis has seen the dramatic impact of gentrification on the city of St. Louis. We are devoting our next three blogs to this issue. We will address what gentrification is, how it's affecting two urban St. Louis communities, and what work M:StL is doing in those ...
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