Empower Missouri

Testimonials for The Right Time health centers can be found at: https://lnkd.in/gQ2dPZZM The Right Time is led by the Missouri Family Health Council and is an initiative of Missouri Foundation for Health. Image description: blue and pink graphic reading, "You can see your provider in-person at a The Right Time health center, or you can talk to them on a video call using a computer." #Missouri #Healthcare #TheRightTime

Your organization can be a part of creating policy change in Missouri—and Empower Missouri can provide you with the skills and support you need to get started! The Advocacy Partners Program includes a cohesive package of training, coaching, administrative support, and relationship building for direct service organizations who are excited to expand their advocacy capacity. You can learn more on our website and set up an info session call with Advocacy Director Sarah Owsley to explore options: https://lnkd.in/gvFdTd5y Image description: "Recruiting Now for 2024-25 | Advocacy Partners Training Program: Expand Your Skills - Expand Your Impact" with the link above #EmpowerMO #Advocacy #Missouri #Nonprofit #ChangePolicyChangeLives

Under Missouri’s existing expungement laws, tens of thousands of people are eligible to have their records expunged, yet research shows that only about 1% are actually successful in obtaining expungement. This is due to a costly, burdensome petition-based process that prevents the vast majority of eligible individuals from ever obtaining relief and moving forward with their lives. Everyone who qualifies for expungement should get the clean slate they’ve earned—regardless of whether they can afford a lawyer and expensive court fees or have the knowledge to navigate a complex court process. Learn more about Clean Slate legislation and how it would benefit our state here: MOcleanslate.org/about Image description: a teal Clean Slate graphic with "10 states have already passed Clean Slate legislation: Pennsylvania, Utah, New Jersey, Michigan, Connecticut, Delaware, Virginia, Oklahoma, Colorado, California" with "Missouri?" as a next step and the logo "A Campaign by Empower Missouri" #MOcleanslate #AutomatedExpungement #Missouri #Advocacy

It's not too late to RSVP to join us on Zoom for an Advocates Book Club session on Thursday! Sign up at: https://lnkd.in/gHKynGxt We'll be discussing the novel 'Chain-Gang All-Stars' by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. You can choose between an afternoon session and an evening session, and feel free to invite a friend! (As always, you are more than welcome whether you get a chance to finish the book or not.) A Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, "Chain-Gang All-Stars" is described as "a tale of survival and resistance in an unfair prison system." Image description: Empower Missouri Advocates Book Club graphic with "Join us on Zoom this week!" and the book cover, as well as the date (Thursday, August 29th) and 2 discussion session choices: afternoon (12 - 1 p.m.) or evening (6 - 7 p.m.). #EmpowerMO #Community #BookClub #Reading #Books #Novel #Event

Empower Missouri Executive Director Mallory Rusch will be one of the speakers at the 2024 Policy and Equity Summit hosted by the WashU Brown School on October 18th and 19th. 'Policy And Equity: Collaborative Frameworks for Inclusive Change' will feature addresses from keynote speaker Brittany Packnett Cunningham as well as plenary speaker Jason Purnell, hands-on workshops, a policy expert panel, and more. This event is perfect for policy professionals, social and public health workers, and nonprofit and community organizers. All participants will receive a Brown School Certificate, and CE/CPH units are available for those requesting continuing education units. Learn more and register: PolicySummit.wustl.edu Image description: white text reading "Brown School Professional Development Summit" over a maroon background with the details above and photos of speakers Brittany Packnett Cunningham & Jason Purnell, as well as a photo of an audience listening to a presentation #Missouri #StLouis #STL #Collaboration #PolicyChange #Advocacy #Event

Empower Missouri is hiring a second Criminal Justice Policy Manager! https://lnkd.in/gqsXkRdu Position Summary: The Criminal Justice Policy Manager, under the direction of the Chief of Policy Staff, oversees a portfolio of criminal justice-related policy research and legislative advocacy for the organization. The Policy Manager also co-leads our Community Justice Coalition, composed of organizations working to reform our criminal legal system, which includes recruiting, training, and maintaining relationships with coalition members. If this role is not the right fit for you, please help us spread the word! You can also reach out to us at info@empowermissouri.org if you have any questions. Image description: blue text reading, "We are hiring - open position: Criminal Justice Policy Manager" with a blue megaphone illustration #EmpowerMO #Hiring #Missouri #Nonprofit #Advocacy

You can find additional background info about Proposition A here: https://lnkd.in/g9-hg3mw Image description: "Minimum wage will be on the ballot this November: Proposition A would raise Missouri’s minimum wage to $13.75 beginning in January 2025 and $15 in 2026, with annual cost-of-living increases. It would also set the minimum paid sick leave to 1 hour per 30 hours worked, and paid sick leave would extend to caring for family members." #Missouri #Voting

Without effective storytelling, the push for change could not be grounded in the reality of lived experiences. To that end, journalist Andrea Elliott published a series of five articles for the New York Times in 2013 that provided a window into the life of Dasani Coates, a child attending middle school while living in the city-run Auburn Family Residence shelter with her mother Chanel, her stepfather Supreme, and her siblings. Elliott then expanded the project into the book Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, which follows Dasani over the span of eight years. Many readers may find their beliefs about U.S. poverty to be radically challenged by Elliott’s portrait of Dasani. Read more in our newest Weekly Perspective blog post here: https://lnkd.in/gyrBm6ga Register for an Early Bird Ticket to join us at the 2024 Anti-Poverty Advocates Summit, which will feature Andrea Elliott as one of our Keynote Speakers: EmpowerMissouri.org/summit Image description: blue text reading "New Weekly Perspective on the Blog! Storytelling for Change: A Review of Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott" with a photo of the book cover #EmpowerMO #WeeklyPerspective #Blog #Books #Reading #Advocacy #Storytelling #Change

The next Housing Justice Fellowship cohort will begin soon, in collaboration with Empower Missouri and Springfield Tenants Unite (STUN)! In 2024 we are expanding to include leaders from more communities around the state, with a focus on the Rolla, Columbia, and Springfield areas.   The Fellowship is a six-month program designed to teach you how to organize or strengthen a tenant union. Through eight training sessions and a variety of outreach activities and events, Fellows will learn about the politics of housing, build their communication skills with peers and decision-makers, identify issues and solutions in their buildings and neighborhoods, and build capacity to organize tenant power in their communities.   Visit https://lnkd.in/gf4vh96f to learn more, complete an initial Interest Form, and sign up to receive more information. If the program is not a good fit for you, we hope you will spread the word to your networks. Image description: "Learn & organize with the 24-25 Housing Justice Fellowship: Let's build tenant power together" with a photo of a person holding a megaphone #EmpowerMO #Missouri #Advocacy #Housing #HousingIsAHumanRight #Community