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Coronavirus Resources + Note from WEPOWER Team
Coronavirus Resources + Note from WEPOWER Team “Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dear community, I am writing to you today to share resources, updates, and reflections as…
Read MoreSt. Louis Families Launch ‘What’s Next SLPS?’ Campaign to Reimagine Schools and School Closings
FEBRUARY 6, 2020 St. Louis Families Launch ‘What’s Next SLPS?’ Campaign to Reimagine Schools and School Closings Wow! What an amazing journey it’s been. Since the launch of Better Budgets, Better Schools (BBBS) campaign as an inaugural Power Builder, we’ve been on the ground pushing for change for our children and achieved tangible wins towards…
Read MoreMeet WEPOWER’s inaugural cohort of WEPOWER Entrepreneurs
JANUARY 16, 2020 Meet WEPOWER’s Inaugural Cohort of WEPOWER Entrepreneurs After talking to hundreds of founders, reviewing 90+ applications, interviewing 40+ entrepreneurs, and 800+ community members voting, we have selected 10 dynamic Black and Latinx entrepreneurs to join WEPOWER’s inaugural cohort of the WEPOWER Accelerator. I don’t think we could have selected a more perfect…
Read MoreBetter Budgets, Better Schools Achieves Multiple Wins Towards Equitable Funding Policies at SLPS
JANUARY 31, 2020 Better Budgets, Better Schools Achieves Multiple Wins Towards Equitable Funding Policies at SLPS We Demand… We started as 16 determined women. Women who are Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS) alums, parents, grandparents, aunts, and current and retired educators. We started off and remain women who deeply believe in the potential and responsibility…
Read More20 Black & Latinx Founders named Finalists for WEPOWER Accelerator—Vote now!
Residents of City of St. Louis wards 1, 3, and 21—now you decide which businesses are supported to grow and to create living-wage jobs in your neighborhoods. Voting ends Friday, November 22nd at 3pm.
Read MoreThe Tomorrow Builders aim to improve early childhood education in St. Louis | St. Louis Magazine
Even in the first days of school, Albert Sanders Jr. says, he can often tell which children have been in a classroom before: Is this child able to listen to a book for five minutes? Can she tell the difference between letters and numbers?
Read MoreHow would your life change if early childhood education was drastically improved across St. Louis?
Your answers will help inform the creation of a playbook to improve early childhood education throughout St. Louis. They may even be featured in the playbook!
Read MoreSign up to receive the Tomorrow Builders’ Playbook for Transforming Early Childhood Education in St. Louis City and County
Sep 29, 2019 Sign up to receive the Tomorrow Builders’ Playbook for Transforming Early Childhood Education in St. Louis City and County TOMORROW BUILDERS FELLOWSHIP
Read MoreRegister for VISION, the small business innovation symposium
This is the 5th Annual Vision Symposium. Vision is the region’s largest and ONLY inclusion innovation conference celebrating, educating, and supporting women, people of color, and immigrant emerging entrepreneurs and existing business owners.
Read MoreAnnouncing the WEPOWER Accelerator!
Apply to the region’s only accelerator for Black and Latinx entrepreneurs of early-stage companies!
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