Move on

If we keep this chat box open we can talk to each other, right?

Hi Allison! Welcome! Glad you’re here. (Only recently learned how incredibly diverse the Houston area is.) We’ll get going in about 7 min. Til soon. Andrew

Hey all - in her intro Melissa will say enough about your work to allow us to go straight into the backdrop question about Michael Brown and race in St. Louis. So that’ll be my first question.

Hi folks - thanks for coming. We’ll get going in about 3 minutes. Feel free to share where you’re from!

Anne Mead, Danbury, CT

Hi, Sanny in NYC here

Hey Sanny! Hi Anne from Danbury!

Hi Allison!

Hi, Pam in STL

Hi Pam!

Jenna, from STL - but tuning in tonight from DC!

Hi Betsy and gang!

Hi! I’m Emily from Durham, NC

Hi, Colleen from STL

Thanks for tuning in, Jenna!

Abby in Durham, NC

Hi Jenna our board chair!!!

Hey Robb Pike!

Hey Cleveland - our favorite We Stories connection story

Claire from STL - hi, all!

Hey Michelle S!

Hi Jill!!!!!

Hey Becky-now-in-Baltimore!

Thanks, Pamela :)

My headphones have the wrong jack! Curses Ihone

So let’s try to mute when I talk and see if that helps.

I would hate to leave to get more headphones. I called my family to bring some over for me. Fingers crossed

Headphones!

Hurray, Kira!

a bit long

We focus on St. Louis City and St. Louis County

though we have some participants from outlying areas

sounds like you might live nearby - be in touch - we’d love to know you

We were asked by one of the attendees about the geographic areas we serve… hence the answers

Not just you, Eileen. It’s the signal on L and A’s end, unfortunately.

Hey Alison, just to add as a clergy member you may want to think about your denomination as a place to focus your racial equity work. I’ve found some of the work within my faith community around racial justice to be very purposeful engagement