Tonight’s Share the Wealth
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…
Category: Gatherings
Share the Wealth with Tony Albrecht: A Year After Ferguson…How’s STL Doing?
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…
Share the Wealth with Melissa Chapnick: Sunday 2 August 2015
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…
Share the Wealth with Sara Gajda: My Life as a Young Farmer
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…
Share the Wealth with Katie Lochhead: A Life in Art
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…
Share the Wealth with Lynette D’Amico: Road Trip
“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…
Share the Wealth with Virginia Druhe: Vietnam 40 Years after the American War
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…
Share the Wealth with Jane Safina: My City, Saint Petersburg
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…
Share the Wealth with Sarah Nash– Humanizing Life: Stories of East St. Louis
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…
Who Deserves An Education? A Discussion of Higher Education in a Maximum Security Prison: Share the Wealth with Julie O’Heir Sunday 7 June
Since 2011, Julie O’Heir has worked for the SLU Prison Program, which offers educational opportunities to incarcerated men and prison staff at the ERDCC* community in Bonne Terre, MO. Her role has led her to…