Category: Racial Equity
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Roe v. Wade: The Wrong Way for Our Rights
When I started my job at MFH in the summer of 2014, I was pregnant. That year was one of the happiest of my…
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Roe v. Wade: The Wrong Way for Our Rights
I remember how excited my parents were when they learned I was going to have a sister. They were young — 21 and 24.…
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Roe v. Wade: The Wrong Way for Our Rights
Women have long been discriminated against, and while progress has been made, we are now at a point where our reproductive rights are under…
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Roe v. Wade: The Wrong Way for Our Rights
In retrospect, I was just lucky — I was 6 years old on January 22, 1973. By virtue of my birth year, I have…
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Roe v. Wade: The Wrong Way for Our Rights
Unlike most men, in our society, a women’s life trajectory is often inextricably linked to childbearing. Childbearing can be a joyous and life-affirming occasion.…
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Roe v. Wade: The Wrong Way for Our Rights
While the Supreme Court has decided to overturn Roe v. Wade, thereby further upholding discriminatory oppression and damaging our health systems, Missouri Foundation for…
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The Numbers Don’t Lie
This piece was originally published in the St. Louis American. Solutions to firearm violence seem elusive even under the best of circumstances, and yet,…
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Advancing Health and Equity in Missouri Through the American Rescue Plan Act
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis have had particularly devastating effects on already distressed communities. Latino, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, and Black people, who…
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Nationally Recognized St. Louis Regional Racial Healing + Justice Fund Awards 21 Grants Totaling More Than $394,000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Seaton (212) 784-5705 JSeaton@groupgordon.com Nationally Recognized St. Louis Regional Racial Healing + Justice Fund Awards 21 Grants Totaling More…
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A Small Step Toward Justice
It should not take the world witnessing the last nine minutes and 42 seconds of George Floyd’s life for us to declare that racism…
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A Stronger Safety Net Means a Healthier Future in Missouri
As published and seen on July 29, 2020, on Medium Like most other states, Missouri is struggling to achieve health equity. Medicaid has not…
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Collaborative Launches $2 Million Regional Racial Healing Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Allison Hawk (314) 458-7668 Allison@ahconsulting.com Collaborative Launches $2 Million Regional Racial Healing Fund -Funding Will Support Racial Justice…