Deaconess Foundation

The inaugural cohort of the St. Louis-based initiative graduated last fall. A new cohort starts the program later this year.

The Deaconess Foundation this fall will launch the Institute for Black Liberation to help develop Black leaders in the St. Louis region who can help their communities heal from internalized racism. Participants will learn tactics to help combat stereotypes and to celebrate Blackness in ways that help communities.

The Deaconess Foundation plans to award up to $100,000 in grants to campaigns and programs in Missouri and Southern Illinois aimed at changing public policy to better support families.

As the new president and CEO of the Deaconess Foundation, Bethany Johnson-Javois plans to advocate for public policy changes to eliminate racism against children in education, public health and the justice system.

The Deaconess Foundation announced Wednesday that the Rev. Starsky Wilson will step down as president after nine years. Wilson will leave the foundation in November to become president and chief executive of the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington, D.C.

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