Segregation in St. Louis-Dismantling the Divide

Acknowledgments
This report was written collaboratively
and in partnership with multiple
organizations and experts who
shared their time and knowledge.
We are grateful to the following
groups and individuals for their
input and support.
We would like to thank Paul Fehler and Brian Schmidt
of Missouri Wonk for their research and data analysis
on affordable and inclusive housing in the region;
Jason Purnell, Nancy Cambria, and Laura Brossart from
the For the Sake of All project team for their diligent work
writing, editing, and conceptualizing the design of the report.
Special thanks to E. Terrence Jones, University of Missouri-
St. Louis; Karl Guenther, Community Builders Network
of Metro St. Louis, Molly Metzger, Washington University;
and Todd Swanstrom, University of Missouri- St. Louis,
for their contributions of content expertise on the regional
and national history and current challenges in housing
patterns and policies and their editorial recommendations
on initial drafts of the report.
We are deeply indebted to Colin Gordon, author of Mapping
Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City, and
Richard Rothstein, author of The Making of Ferguson:
Public Policies at the Root of its Troubles and The Color of
Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated
America, whose research on St. Louis significantly informed
this report.
We thank additional For the Sake of All team members in
the Brown School at Washington University for their roles
managing the production of this report, including: Jasmine
Burris and Michelle Witthaus for production management
and coordination, and Derek Holland and Sheree Hickman
for research support.
We appreciate the expertise and insight provided by
the following people in development of key issues and
recommendations: Glenn Burleigh, Metropolitan St. Louis
Equal Housing and Opportunity Council; Thomas Harvey,
formerly of ArchCity Defenders; Jacki Langum, ArchCity
Defenders; Nicole L. McKoy, Affordable Housing and
Homelessness Task Force, Empower Missouri; David
Nehrt-Flores and Jane Oliphant, Ascend STL; and Peter
W. Salsich, Jr., Saint Louis University.
We thank Lara Granich, who facilitated the process of
gathering input from regional leaders and the development
of an action plan based upon this report.
The inspiration for this report came from discussions
emanating from two events held in September 2015 and
February 2016 called “Next Steps.” We thank our partners
in the Institute for Public Health at Washington University
and at Forward Through Ferguson for co-hosting these
events. A workgroup on housing was formed following
the pair of Next Steps meetings. Our thanks to those who
attended our workgroup meetings, completed surveys, and
shared their knowledge to help shape the vision for a more
equitable and inclusive St. Louis in terms of housing,
including: Sally Altman, consultant to For the Sake of All;
Charles Bryson, Civil Rights Enforcement Agency, City
of St. Louis; Ethel Byndom, Office of Community
Empowerment, St. Louis County; Stephanie Co, Beyond
Housing, Inc.; David Dwight IV, Forward Through
Ferguson; Lori Fiegel, Department of Planning, St. Louis
County; Justin Idleburg, Board of Directors, Forward
Through Ferguson; Sarah Kennedy, Generate Health;
Don Logue, Community Forward, Inc.; Mattie Moore,
independent consultant; and Don Roe, Planning and
Urban Design Agency, City of St. Louis.
Our sincere gratitude also goes to residents of the St. Louis
region who shared their personal stories and provided a
crucial human connection to the history and data presented
in this report: Anthony Bartlett, Sam Blue, Christina and
Kevin Buchek, Alecia Deal, Cheeraz Gorman, LaTosha
Halk, Danielle McCowan, Elle and Kevin Lashley, Betsy
Meyland-Smith, Tony Messenger, Brandy and Darren
Owens, Christine Schmiz, Shauna and Stephanie, Shanette
Upchurch, John Warren, Ciara Washington, Thera Webster,
and Tonya Williams.
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