Diversity & Inclusion

The one-day session is aimed at people who have difficulty breaking into an industry where decision-makers are predominantly white, able-bodied and neurotypical.

Opera Theatre of St. Louis will ask a 10-member panel, composed mostly of artists of color working outside the opera field, to commission nine short operas. A $750,000 grant from the Andrew F. Mellon Foundation will fund the program.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has hired Yolanda Alovor as vice president of external affairs and diversity.

The money will help fund the In Unison Chorus, which focuses on works by African American composers, and various music education programs for Black students in St. Louis.

St. Louis Art Museum Director Brent Benjamin says that the museum has a diverse group of visitors, but that the organization must make systemic changes to ensure racial equity.

Increasingly more companies, organizations and governmental entities are establishing formal units focused on diversity and inclusion — the St. Louis…

As a child, Nichole McHenry envisioned herself broadcasting the news, just like famed St. Louis anchor Robin Smith.Although her dreams of becoming a…

In mid-December, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page touted his police department’s promotion of Keith Wildhaber as a key step toward thoughtful change…

Washington University is spearheading a new effort to diversify the field of data science.Beginning in 2020, the university will train faculty and grad…

Ashley Denmark is a family-medicine physician with BJC Healthcare. A black woman, she grew up in Jennings, Missouri, and at an early point in her life,…