Nominate an education advocate & your favorite teacher!
Nominate an education advocate & your favorite teacher!
Take a moment to reflect and celebrate community members by nominating someone special to apply this spring’s Power-Building Academy.
We celebrated our one-year anniversary last week!
We celebrated our one-year anniversary last week!
Over these past twelve months, we have trained and supported 44 community members with developing new solutions and advocating for policy change for children in East St. Louis and St. Louis City.
Rise 189 Update & Call to Testify at the School Board Meeting
Rise 189 Update & Call to Testify at the School Board Meeting
In March Rise 189 members met with Superintendent Culver and testified at the district’s monthly school board meeting.
St. Louis Founder La’Crassia Wilderness Wins Business Support Grant
St. Louis Founder La’Crassia Wilderness Wins Business Support Grant
Congratulations to La’Crassia Wilderness, founder of Butter Love by L.C. and winner of WEPOWER’s Dream of Change Entrepreneurship Survey drawing for a $1,500 business support grant!
St. Louis City School Board Candidate Questionnaire
St. Louis City School Board Candidate Questionnaire
The Better Budgets, Better Schools coalition developed questions to ask the candidates running for two open seats on the Board of Education. Their responses are included here.
Better Budgets Better Schools Policy Solution Case Studies
Better Budgets Better Schools Policy Solution Case Studies
The Better Budgets Better Schools coalition researched policies and outcomes nationwide when developing their own policy solutions for the city’s school district. We’ve profiled two case studies below.
East St. Louis, The April 2nd Election is Approaching—Build your Vote Plan!
East St. Louis, The April 2nd Election is Approaching—Build your Vote Plan!
If you have questions about the election, build your vote plan with this handy flow chart.
St. Louis City, The April 2nd Election is Approaching—Build your Vote Plan!
St. Louis City, The April 2nd Election is Approaching—Build your Vote Plan!
If you have questions about the election, build your vote plan with this handy flow chart.
I’m calling on my neighbors to improve our schools, our homes | The St. Louis American
I’m calling on my neighbors to improve our schools, our homes | The St. Louis American
You’re looking at a miracle. I had open heart surgery and two strokes. I wanted to volunteer in retirement, but I never got a chance to because I kept staying sick. So once my youngest grandchild started school, I decided it was time to go do something. I told myself, “I’m not an old lady. I’m 61.”
14 St. Louisans, Educators, and Parents Commit to Reimagine and Redesign Early Childhood Education
14 St. Louisans, Educators, and Parents Commit to Reimagine and Redesign Early Childhood Education
WEPOWER is thrilled to announce the incoming Tomorrow Builders fellows. Over the next two years, the 14 fellows will reimagine and redesign the region’s early childhood education (ECE) system to be more equitable and innovative.