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Who is safe in St. Louis?

February 1, 2021
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Who is safe in St. Louis? Examining Why Black Male Personal Safety is Critical for A Better St. Louis.

About this Event

HomeGrown StL invites you to our upcoming Town Hall: Who is safe in St. Louis? Examining Why Black Male Personal Safety is Critical for A Better St. Louis.

This collaborative effort between HomeGrown StL, the Clark-Fox Policy Institute, and community partners will highlight the widespread impacts of Black male safety on individuals and systems, and explore tools for actionable change.

As part of this Town Hall, HomeGrown is conducting a survey with Black boys and men 12 years of age and older to better understand their perceived personal safety and personal safety practices. All eligible participants who complete the survey will have a chance to win one of eight $20 gift cards for their participation.

Survey link: https://wustl.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_42ato0ZQzbZQC3A

Who is safe in St. Louis? will feature:

  • The current state of Black male personal safety in the St. Louis and its impacts on the region, demonstrated through presentations from Topic Experts
  • Insights from Black male St. Louis residents about the factors that have threatened or enhanced their individual sense of safety, and how these factors may have changed over time
  • Local efforts to improve Black male personal safety in the region, with opportunities to ask questions and provide feedback to the individuals and groups leading these efforts.

This event will be the first of a series of events for the First Annual St. Louis Black Male Week, which is being organized and co-sponsored by HomeGrown StL and the Regional Consortium of Higher Education.

 

About HomeGrown StL

HomeGrown StL is a community science intermediary of Washington University’s Race and Opportunity Lab, housed within the Center for Social Development. As the St. Louis region’s My Brother’s Keepers initiative, we coordinate strategic planning and implementation amongst multisector providers, governmental officials, private-sector partners, and residents to disrupt dehumanizing and fragmented care coordination and to improve the well-being and upward economic mobility of an entire population of Black males in the St. Louis region within a generation (by 2040).

HomeGrown organizes our work to improve the wellbeing and economic upward mobility of Black males in the St. Louis region within a generation (by 2040) into 7 Pillars of Comprehensive, Personalized Care. As part of our work for the Personal Safety Pillar, HomeGrown StL is collaborating with community partners to improve the personal safety of Black males in the St. Louis region.

To learn more, visit https://homegrown.wustl.edu/

 

Thank you for your time and dedication to making St. Louis the #1 place for Black males to heal, grow, and thrive. We look forward to your collaboration!