PurposeThe Affordable Housing Intern will work alongside Empower Missouri’s team to supportadvocacy, education, and organizing efforts aimed at expanding access to safe, affordablehousing across the…
PurposeThe Community Justice Intern or Practicum Student will work alongside Empower Missouri’sCriminal Justice Policy Managers to support efforts to advance fair and equitable criminal justicepolicies…
Just like James Earl Jones said in the 1989 classic Field of Dreams, “People will come.” So many of us are driven by a longing…
What does it mean to be a Missourian? For a long time, I wasn’t sure how to answer that question. Friends I’ve met in my…
Empower Missouri is seeking dedicated leaders who are deeply committed to our work to change laws and policies that perpetuate cycles of poverty. Applications are…
This is part of an ongoing series looking at the impact of missed court appearances in Missouri. Check out part one in this series, Mass…
Accountability Behind the Walls Here in Missouri, more than 24,000 people are incarcerated in the facilities across the state. The Department of Corrections (DOC) carries…
Empower Missouri has been around since 1901. One hundred twenty-five years is a long time—long enough for generations to come and go, for laws to…
In Missouri, we are paying for the lack of access to healthy food, just not at the grocery store. We are paying for it in…
PURPOSEEmpower Missouri is seeking a Food Security Intern or Practicum Student to support ouradvocacy work aimed at increasing food security for Missourians. Interns and practicum…