“Evenings in the Garden” Social Gatherings
27 Jul 2019 – Dinner at EarthDance Community Garden
25 Jun 2022 – Open House for New City Manager
30 Sep 2023 – Dinner at Historic 417 Adams
30 Jun 2024 – Open House with Community Service Award Presentation
Conversations with Scholars
01 Jun 2019 – RaceForward, “Racial Equity Summit”
16 Mar 2021 – Confluence Scholars, “Voting and Government”
19 Apr 2021 – Forward Through Ferguson, “Education Reform”
27 Oct 2021 – Napoleon Williams III, “How Local Government Works”
26 Jan 2022 – Heather Fleming, “Critical Race Theory”
12 Dec 2022 – Dr. Amber Johnson, “Navigating Social Media”
16 May 2023 – Dr. Michael Gearhart, “Real Estate’s Racial Reality”
02 Nov 2023 – Dr. Geoff Ward “America’s Missing History”
Community Conversations
22 Feb 2020 – Movie Night, “The Green Book”
14 Jun 2020 – “Who Is My Neighbor,” Art Show
14 Apr 2022 – PROUD Members’ Retreat
17 Oct 2022 – PROUD Members’ Retreat
10 Feb 2023 – Movie Night, “The Long Shadow”
06 Nov 2023 – “The Importance of Social Connectedness: Loneliness”
29 Feb 2024 – Movie Night, “High on the Hog: African American Cuisine”
03 Apr 2024 – Movie Night, “Poverty, Politics and Profit”
23 May 2024 – “The Importance of Social Connectedness: Social Media”
Community Events
04 Jul 2018 – Ferguson’s Fourth of July Fair
05 Aug 2018 – Unity Fair
01 May 2019 – Senior Health Fair
13 Jul 2019 – Ferguson Farmers’ Market
29 Sep 2019 – Ferguson StreetFest
04 Jul 2019 – Ferguson’s Fourth of July Fair
04 Aug 2019 – Unity Fair
19 Jun 2021 – Juneteenth Fair
19 Jun 2022 – Juneteenth Fair
04 Jul 2022 – Ferguson’s Fourth of July Parade + Fair
17 Jun 2023 – Juneteenth Fair
04 Jul 2023 – Ferguson’s Fourth of July Parade
27 Jul 2023 – Ferguson Farmers’ Market
06 Aug 2023 – Unity Fair
15 Jun 2024 – Juneteenth Fair
Town Halls
13 Dec 2018 – Ferguson-Florissant School District Town Hall
17 May 2019 – Police Chief Candidate Forum
18 May 2022 – Ferguson Civilian Review Board Annual Report
23 Mar 2022 – Ferguson-Florissant School Board Candidate Forum
08 July 2024 – Conversation with the Department of Justice
Panel Discussions
29 Sep 2020 – “Understanding the Ferguson Consent Decree”
17 Nov 2020 – “Ferguson Consent Decree Update”
25 Jan 2021 – “Coping With Covid”
01 Mar 2022 – Ferguson Collaborative, “Reimagining Policing”
27 Oct 2022 – Sankofa Community Chat
Advocacy and Outreach
“Truth in Education”
19 Feb 2022 – Metropolitan Congregations United Petition
30 Mar 2022 – Environmental Policy Summit
07 May 2023 – Washington U’s Brown School Community Analysis
24 May 2024 – CSSN Environmental Policy Convening
Hosting Community Events
04 Aug 2018 – City-Wide Art Festival
01 Dec 2018 – Community Health Fair
04 Jun 2022 – Community Gospel Choir Concert
21 Aug 2022 – Shakespeare Festival, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
07 May 2023 – Community Gospel Choir Concert
04 May 2024 – Community Gospel Choir Concert
The success of many of the events listed above were made possible through PROUD’s collaborations with the following organizations:
Confluence Scholars Strategy Network
Forward Through Ferguson
Ferguson-Florissant School District
Ferguson Public Library
Good Shepherd Arts Center
Ferguson Neighborhood Policing Steering Committee
Ferguson Civilian Review Board
Ferguson Collaborative
Ferguson Ministries Alliance
Metropolitan Congregations United
League of Women Voters
Sierra Club
The Justice Fleet
Government Alliance on Race & Equity
Center for Communally Bonded Research
Community Gospel Choir of St. Louis
St. Louis Shakespeare Festival