Elizabeth Vega

Michael Brown's stepmom, Cal Brown, and local artist Dail Chambers, glued old St. Louis American Newspapers onto the chest of Micahel Brown Brown Sr. to build a paper mache cast of his chest to create a life-sized replica of his son.

Arts

'The Main Goal Is To Humanize Him': Mike Brown's Father And Stepmom Work On Memorial Art Show

Michael Brown Sr. is unapologetically quiet and introverted.“I’m not trying to be mean towards anyone, but sometimes I don’t have anything to say,” he…

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis Activists Help Build Protest Movement For Immigrant Rights In Southwest Texas

Carolina Hidalgo

St. Louisan Elizabeth Vega loads up a rental van with screen printing materials, Sharpie markers, and a box of flowers. She’s packing for a protest more…

Protesting youth were stranded on the street after curfew when Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew in Ferguson in August 2014.

Government, Politics & Issues

'Ferguson became a giant': How 3 years of activism is slowly reshaping the St. Louis area

Jason Rosenbaum

The 2014 death of Michael Brown, a black, unarmed 18-year-old, at the hands of a white police officer unleashed anger and activism throughout the St.…

Elizabeth Vega is on the front porch of Art House in this February 6, 2017 photo, talking about a child's chalk drawing on the bricks.

Arts

Cut & Paste: Activist Elizabeth Vega is outspoken about Art House and her house arrest

Nancy Fowler

St. Louis artist and activist Elizabeth Vega spends a lot of time in her home.It’s a place in north St. Louis known as Art House, that she bought in 2015.…

Protesters and police outside St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce's house on Tuesday, May 15, 2015.

Government, Politics & Issues

Activist leader found guilty of wiping pepper spray on St. Louis police chief

A St. Louis jury Wednesday found activist Elizabeth Vega guilty of wiping pepper spray on police Chief Sam Dotson’s shirt — which drew a third-degree…