Events

St. Louis Mayoral Candidates Forum with Tishaura Jones

Sat. March 27, 2021 Noon CST

The St. Louis Community Justice Coalition (CJC) is hosting its second mayoral forum for the two candidates who received the votes necessary to advance to the April 6 General Election. This mayoral forum will focus on public safety and the St. Louis departments responsible for ensuring fairness and safety of all our citizens.

Community Justice Coalition Members, organizations listed for identification purposes only:

Rev. Dr. Linden Bowie, Missionary Baptist State Convention of Missouri • Rev. Dr. Spencer Lamar Booker, Social Action Commission of The Afri-can Methodist Episcopal Church • Reverend Darryl Gray, Social Justice Commission, Progressive Missionary Baptist State Convention • Jay Ozier & Lew Moye, Coalition of Black Trade Unionist • Jamala Rogers, Organization for Black Struggle • Walle Amusa, Campaign for Respect, Fairness and Human Dignity • Willie Boyd, End Mass Incarceration • Amir Brandy, RealStlNews / Peacekeepers • Zaki Baruti, The Universal African Peoples Organization • Jerryl Christmas, Attorney at Law • Martha West, Community Block Unit #302 • Carol Jackson, Pashon Consulting, Inc.

Rescheduled: 46th Anniversary Celebration – 3/21/26

Preserving the Legacy of Black Liberation in the Age of MAGA. Featuring the launch of our Black Archives Project with Panelists Terry Kennedy (Kujaliwa Hukumu), Janey Archey, Jamala Rogers)

NMC Ribbon Cutting & Community Open House – 2/27/2026

Friday, Feb 27 from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm CST Celebrate the grand opening of the Northside Movement Center, the new shared home for Action St. Louis & ArchCity Defenders!

RSVP for DSLUE, Philando Castile RF, & MLK Scholars’ Black History Month Program – 2/25/2026

The Descendants of the St. Louis University Enslaved, Philando Castile Relief Foundation, and Saint Louis University’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholars presents “Healing Harm: Reckoning with Truth, Justice, and Accountability.”

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Revisiting Gary 1972: Re-energizing the Movement for Black Political Power in 2021

The National Black Political Convention was a critical milestone in the struggle for Black political power. Members of the Congress of African People played a key role in organizing for the convention as well as for the assemblies around the Black agenda that followed. This panel will explore the need for a renewed call for a national political agenda, learning from the lessons of Gary and other subsequent gatherings.