Under The Arch

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.We're launching Season Two with a focus on Black History Month, celebrating Black Now, Black History, and Black Art. This week's episode features Gwen Moore, Curator of Urban Landscape and Community Identity at the Missouri History Museum. She has been associated with the Missouri Historical Society since 1998 as a researcher, community programmer, and oral historian. She focuses on social movements and civil rights activism, including a collecting initiative and oral history documenting the Ferguson protest movement. She has curated collections such as “St. Louis Freedom Struggle 1921-1968” and “#1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis.” She has a BA in sociology and h

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.We're launching Season Two with a focus on Black History Month, celebrating Black Now, Black History, and Black Art. This week's episode features Inez Bordeaux, Manager of Community Collaborations at ArchCity Defenders, and Rasheen Aldridge in a conversation with Black leaders in St. Louis today.Join the conversation around this week's episode using #UnderTheArch and send us your feedback at underthearchpod@gmail.com. Know a local artist who'd like to feature their song in our Music Minute segment? Email us with subject "Music Minute".

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.On November 8-9, 2019, ArchCity Defenders commemorated 10 years of service and action with the St. Louis community during a weekend-long celebration. Our first event was a Friday night "birthday party" at Stifel Theatre, which featured a live podcast taping with celebrity guest actor, film director, and activist Danny Glover. In the live interview, Mr. Glover shared stories about how his family and history shaped his values and convictions, leading to a life of activism committed to several humanitarian causes. Our co-hosts and Mr. Glover round out the conversation talking about the ongoing struggle for justice in the present and future.Join the conversation around Under The Arch season one with #Un

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.This week's episode features Mike Jones, St. Louis American Editorial Board and Columnist, who discusses the art and science of political power. As we close out our first season, this conversation unifies the range of topics our hosts have explored in previous episodes to acknowledge the role that harnessing political power plays in approaching the problems facing our community.Follow Mike Jones on Twitter @ MikeJon10308405Join the conversation around this week's episode using #UnderTheArch and send us your feedback at underthearchpod@gmail.com.

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.This week's episode features Dr. Richard Harvey, an associate professor in the department of psychology at Saint Louis University, in a conversation unpacking racism & white supremacy, discussing keywords and ideas that influence our perception of these institutions.Join the conversation around this week's episode using #UnderTheArch and send us your feedback at underthearchpod@gmail.com.

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.This week's episode features Dr. Jason Purnell, Director of Health Equity Works (formerly For The Sake of All) and associate professor in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, in a conversation on systemic racism & health disparities. Health Equity Works is a research-based initiative housed in the Brown School of Washington University in St. Louis that specializes in bringing quality, accessible research on health disparities into communities to accelerate collaborative action and systems change.Follow Dr. Purnell on Twitter @jqjp1 and follow Health Equity Works @HealthEquityWks. Read the For the Sake of All report here: cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.wustl.ed…_2-17zd1xm.pdfJoin the c

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.This week's episode focuses on gun violence in St. Louis and how we can reimagine public safety with guests Darren Seals, Sankofa Unity Center founder, and John Chasnoff, Co-Chair for the Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression (CAPCR). Like/follow the Sankofa Unity Center on Facebook, follow John Chasnoff on Twitter @JohnChasnoff, and like/follow CAPCR on Facebook and Twitter @CAPCRSTL.Join the conversation around this week's episode using #UnderTheArch and send us your feedback at underthearchpod@gmail.com.

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.This week's episode explores the relationship between oppression/discrimination, identity, and mental health with Dr. Kira Hudson Banks, who is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at St. Louis University. Her research examines the experience of discrimination, its impact on mental health, and intergroup relations. Dr. Hudson Banks also has a YouTube channel, including the popular series Raising Equity, which explores what it looks like to intentionality raise children with an equity mindset-with the knowledge and understanding of systemic inequities and to equip them to create an equitable society rather than accept the status quo. She is also the Co-Founder and Co-Principal of

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.This week's episode brings together voices from Reproaction and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)of Missouri to talk about reproductive justice and access to the full range of reproductive health, particularly in the state of Missouri. Reproaction is a new direct action group forming to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice who is proud of their left-flank analysis, and are not in this fight to protect the past or maintain the status quo. The ACLU of Missouri is a nonprofit organization that defends civil liberties and the principles of equality and justice in Missouri through its litigation, legislative and public education programs.Follow Reproaction and the ACLU of Misso

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them.This week's episode brings together voices from partnering organizations ArchCity Defenders, Inc., Action St. Louis, The Bail Project St. Louis, and The Advancement Project to talk about the cash bail system and the movement to close the Workhouse. In June of 2019, the Close The Workhouse campaign gained a corporate advocate in Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, with co-founder Ben Cohen joining a press conference and public call to action at St. Louis City Hall to voice his support for the movement.Follow the Close the Workhouse campaign on social media @CloseTheWorkhouse, and support the cause by attending monthly strategy meetings at Deaconness Center for Child Well-Being every first Thursday at 6pm.

Under The Arch presents a special 2-part episode in commemoration of the 5th year anniversary of Mike Brown's murder and the Ferguson uprising that followed. In part two, our hosts have conversations with Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson and activist Brittany Packnett about the changes and the existing need for further change in our region since the Ferguson uprising. 

Under The Arch presents a special 2-part episode in commemoration of the 5th year anniversary of Mike Brown's murder and the Ferguson uprising that followed. In part one, our hosts have a conversation with the mother of Mike Brown, Lezley McSpadden. Listen to her share her reflections on raising young Mike, her reactions to the movement in Ferguson and abroad, and her desire for the legacy of her son.

ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, "Under The Arch." Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action St. Louis, explore the issues facing our community and the people working to transform them. In our first episode, we have a conversation on the issue of policing, a topic at the center of the work of both our hosts as well as our featured guests. Guest conversations include Sergeant Heather Taylor, president of the Ethical Society of Police, and Derecka Purnell, organizer, writer, and Harvard Law School graduate.Link to Derecka Purnell's article in The Guardian, "The killer cop who took Eric Garner's life walks free. How do we secure justice?"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/16/killer-cop-eric-garner-life-justice