Founded in 1901, we have been a faithful voice for evidence-based public policy that supports social justice. Some of our most important victories in the 20th Century included:
- Creation of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights
- Advocating for the Missouri Public Defender Commission
- Winning a Missouri Housing Trust Fund
- Reducing the state sales tax on food by three cents
- Passing a state law that created Family Development Accounts
- Filing lawsuits that led to the establishment of health care foundations
The 21st Century has brought even more achievements:
- Defeating a regressive sales tax earmarked for transportation funding
- Ending the ban on food stamps for some convicted of drug-related felonies
- Obtaining an executive order for Fair Chance Hiring which opened up 51,000 state jobs to formerly incarcerated applicants
- Securing “Raise the Age” so most 17-year-olds are not tried as adults
- Passing criminal justice reform to curb debtors’ prison and mandatory time served policies
- Stopping punishment-based bills that would have taken food assistance away from tens of thousands of parents and children
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