Forward Through Ferguson

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The world-renowned poet will deliver the keynote address at the St. Louis Racial Equity Summit on Thursday.

The 911 system in the St. Louis area is inefficient and fragmented and uses outdated technology. That’s according to a new report by Forward Through Ferguson, which examined public safety and the 911 system in the region.

David Dwight IV will leave his post as executive director and lead strategy catalyst at Forward Through Ferguson at the end of March.

Forward Through Ferguson has released its preliminary report examining St. Louis County’s 911 system. The nonprofit found that nearly 80% of 911 calls were for noncriminal incidents, including medical ones.

Many schools have started hybrid in-person and online learning, even as coronavirus cases keep rising and students continue to experience disparities in accessing technology, meeting their daily needs, and learning at home. So in this episode, we’ll hear from a first generation college student who has been helping her community navigate the education system and an executive director of a local education-based nonprofit will share what parents and families face when navigating the St. Louis Public Schools system and how that impacts students’ experiences with higher education. And then, we’ll zoom all the way out to examine why St. Louis’ educational landscape remains uneven and segregated over six decades after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision.This episode was produced with the help of Lindy Drew, Lead Storyteller and Co-Founder of Humans of St. Louis, which is a paid content partner of Navigate STL Schools and Forward through Ferguson. As always, We Live Here’s coverage remains independent.

"Still Separate, Still Unequal" is a new report and digital tool on St. Louis public schools. It was published Wednesday by Forward Through Ferguson, a nonprofit created to address the region's systemic racial challenges.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department collects a lot of data on how it uses force. But it doesn’t release most of it to the public.

St. Louis-area researchers and analysts for years have advocated overhauling police departments to address officer misconduct and systemic racism. In…

Mortality rates are continuing to widen between black and white St. Louisans, according to new analysis presented to a Board of Aldermen committee…