St. Louis Newsletter August 2022

By Jonathan Pulphus

Aug 1, 2022

Barack Obama and Bill Russell St Louis American / AFSC

Bill Russell, the first Black NBA Coach, passed away July 31, 2022 at age 88. (Photo Retrieved from: S TLAMERICAN.COM

August is here!

Thank you for checking out this newsletter update for the month as we reflect on previous and upcoming items. Included here are staff updates, programmatic items, campaign information, and more. We hope that this will help you gain a sense of the ongoing work being done in the St. Louis office. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to staff.

Enjoy.

With Love,

Jonathan Pulphus
Program Associate

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SARAH NASH ACCEPTS ROLE AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Sarah Nash, after serving both as our Potts Intern and #RealStudentSafety Fellow, has accepted her new role with the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement at Washington University. Her last day with AFSC was Friday, July 22nd 2022. Nash accomplished great work around several areas of AFSC during her time with us. This includes, but is not limited to, coordinating the Real Student Safety Project, directing our current Potts Intern, and organizing the webinars tied to Community Safety Beyond Policing. Colleagues of Nash have left reflections using the KudoBoard platform. Feel free to add any farewells.

Sarah can always be reached via email: srnash54@gmail.com.

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YOUTH ADVOCATES FOR HEALING & LIBERATION TEAM BUILD, DISCUSS RACISM, & TACKLE ALLYSHIP

Members of YAHL gathered Sunday, July 24th to deepen relationships, discuss "What Is Racism," and tackled"What is Allyship." The youth divided into two groups and shared their opinions based on their lived experiences and best judgments. The purpose of the activities were to help the youth gain tools to navigate their Advocacy Projects. Throughout our time together, we enjoyed team building excercises and pizza from a nearby restaurant.

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AFSC STL HEALING JUSTICE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OPENING

AFSC St. Louis is looking to hire our next Program Director! Are you interested? You can Apply at https://www.afsc.org/job-center! And please share widely with your networks!

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#REALSTUDENTSAFETY PROJECT UPDATES

The RealStudentSafety Project is an effort to assemble data around the relationships between schools and police departments illustrating current efforts at safety. Following the lawsuit against SLPS around documents related to their ties with SLMPD, members of our staff have continued their research. Thus far, 24 school districts have been contacted by Sarah Nash, our former Real Student Safety Fellow, and Katie McSwain, our Potts Intern. There have been varying responses that are being logged in a file. Ultimately, the goal is to create a public friendly platform for understanding policing and education in St. Louis. This data collecting will likely continue to take place over August and September.

Stay tuned...