April 3rd, 2020 – Kansas City Friday Webinar – Equitable Taxing Structures

Please Register for the Forum below! April's First Friday Webinar will be about equitable taxing structures.  Why do we say sales taxes are 'regressive'?  Why…

Apr. 17th, 2020 – St. Louis Friday Webinar: Protecting Voting Rights: Pre-COVID19, During COVID19 and Beyond

St. Louis Friday Forum – When a virus becomes illegal: Criminalizing HIV in Missouri

Agenda: 11:30 - Noon: Lunch (Brown bag lunch or order from Bloom Cafe) Noon - 1:30: Forum Panel

The Impact of Criminalizing HIV in Missouri : New Analysis of Three Decades of Enforcement Data

Join Empower Missouri and our guest speaker, Brad Sears of The Williams Institute, for an overview of HIV criminalization in Missouri. The discussion will cover…

Nov 1st, 2019 – KCMO Friday Forum

Our Friday Forums are an opportunity for advocates to gather and discuss how to move the Kansas City region and Missouri as a whole toward…

Sep. 6th, 2019 – KCMO Friday Forum

Our Friday Forums are an opportunity for advocates to gather and discuss how to move the Kansas City region and Missouri as a whole toward…

Friday Forum: 2020 Legislative Session Overview

Speakers: Jeanette Mott Oxford- Empower Missouri Amy Blouin, Missouri Budget Project Sen. Karla May Agenda: Lunch: 11:30am-12pm Forum: 12pm-1:30pm

Why It Can’t Wait: Ending Racial Profiling Now

For this St. Louis Friday Forum, we'll be joined by Representative Tony Lovasco, Conner Kerrigan, and Justin Idleburg to discuss data from the Vehicle Stops…

Mental Health Matters: Access Challenges and Calls to Action

Agenda: Lunch: 11:30am-12pm (Bring a brown bag lunch or visit Bloom Cafe and order a lunch) Forum: 12pm-1:30pm Panelists: Alison Kraus, MSW: Director of Evaluation and Planning…

From Mill Creek to Wellston: Public Housing and the People

Agenda: Lunch: 11:30am-12pm (Bring a brown bag lunch or visit Bloom Cafe and order a lunch) Forum: 12pm-1:30pm Panelists: Lisa D' Souza: Legal Services of Eastern Missouri…