This Sunday I will be sharing my experiences and reflections on soccer. Soccer is technically just a game, but those of us who play or follow soccer can rarely see it objectively. Soccer is necessary,…
Tony’s sharing tonight on the municipal courts, racism and ArchCity Defenders work reminded me of the following lines from Bertolt Brecht: It take a lot of things to change the world: Anger and tenacity. Science and…
Hi. My name is Tony, and I’m an attorney with the ArchCity Defenders. I just got off the phone with a client. Like many of my clients, this woman is poor, black, and a single…
What Does Our Food Eat? – Eggs, Chickens, and Food Systems in Pastocalle, Ecuador This summer Melissa Chapnick spent six weeks living and working in Pastocalle, Ecuador. Working in conjunction with Dr. Lora Iannotti of…
When she was 20, Sara began farming in north St. Louis city at New Roots Urban Farm. After obtaining her permaculture certification and working as a ranch hand in southern Oregon, she moved to Sandhill…
Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences…because we say, ‘Art is something that happens, a process, not a quality, and all sorts of things can make…
“Stories are compasses and architecture; we navigate by them, we build our sanctuaries and our prisons out of them, and to be without a story is to be lost in the vastness of a world…
This past April, Virginia Druhe went on a Veterans for Peace delegation to Vietnam. She will share about the vibrant society of Vietnam through the eyes of U.S. veterans working to repair ongoing destruction resulting…
This week Jane Safina will share what she loves about her city Saint Petersburg and her Russian culture. Jane (Zhenya) has performed professionally in Russian Folk Dance. (She also learned tap, hip-hop, break-dance and more.) She…
When I first began my studies at SLU three years ago, I quickly learned from my peers, my professors, and St. Louis natives that I should do everything in my power to stay on the…