NCCJSTL

Building Inclusive Communities Workshop

The NCCJ is providing two training opportunities for the general public. Our Building Inclusive Communities Workshop is offered to professionals and leaders to increase awareness of bias, bigotry and discrimination in our community, and to better understand how patterns of oppression take a negative toll on our communities, institutions, business, and other organizations.
The training provides information to participants to develop a skill-set and the confidence to take an active role in advocating for equity and fairness of all people. The next scheduled training is:

Friday, April 17, 2009
Commerce Bank Education Building
4609 Shaw Blvd, Rm #157, St. Louis, MO 63110
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $110.00 per person (lunch included)

Space is limited, so please register early. To register, please contact our office at 314-865-3042 ext. 114 or 112.

Now, more than ever, is the time to engage in learning and discussion about bias, bigotry and discrimination and how you, individually, can make a difference in your place of work and your community.

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Denise DeCou has been named Executive Director of NCCJSTL effective May 12, 2008. DeCou has an extensive background in the not-for-profit sector, with more than 20 years in organization development, curriculum design, and youth programming. Most recently, she served as project director for the Anti-Defamation League.

The NCCJSTL Calendar is a resource designed to encourage public awareness of the great diversity of religious and ethnic groups that live in the United States. Click here for pdf version.

NCCJSTL Institutes and Training Programs

Participate in the nationally and regionally recognized programming that empowers leaders to build inclusive community and work collaboratively and effectively for social justice. Become a leader in the work of fighting bias, bigotry and oppression and promoting understanding and respect among all people:
Anytown Youth Leadership Institute
Inclusion Institute for Educators
Building An Inclusive Community Workshop
America's Advantage
Empowered Leadership

Dr. James Kimmey Keynote at 2008 Brotherhood Sisterhood Awards Dinner

The 2008 Brotherhood Sisterhood Awards Dinner of NCCJSTL took place on June 11, 2008 at America's Center honoring Joe Edwards, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Jeanette Mott-Oxford, Martin Rafanan, and Harvey Schneider. We are grateful to all donors and supporters for their ongoing commitment to our mission and work. The evening focused on the inequalities that are pervasive in our healthcare system and the possibility to move towards change. The keynote address by Dr. James R. Kimmey M.D., M.P.H., President and CEO of Missouri Foundation for Health highlighted one of the new target areas of NCCJSTL, the healthcare industry. You may download the text of his speech here: BSDSpeech08 Dr. Kimmey's passionate comments on the state of the American healthcare system give further explication to NCCJSTL's mission to fight bias, bigotry and all forms of oppression and promote respect and understanding among all!

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Brotherhood Sisterhood Awards Dinner

Information on the 60th Annual Brotherhood Sisterhood Awards Dinner coming soon!

Education Equity Movement in St. Louis

Today's classrooms represent a microcosm of an increasingly diverse and multicultural society. A wide disparity in backgrounds between the faculty, the staff, and the students they educate has serious implications for the institution of education. The St. Louis Region of NCCJ is working to develop programming that addresses education equity issues and engages St. Louisans from across the region to work on quality education for all. Read more about NCCJ's efforts and programming in the St. Louis Region.
Looking Back...Reaching Forward: Exploring the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education, a new curriculum from the Anti-Defamation League.