Upcoming events

    • 25 Mar 2024
    • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
    • The Community Foundation #2 Oak Knoll Park St. Louis, MO 63105
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    It all began on New Year’s Day 2022 when KSDK-TV news anchor Michelle Li read a story on air about popular New Year’s Day foods, adding that she ate dumpling soup, as many Korean people do. A viewer left Michelle a voicemail expressing that she was being “very Asian” and encouraged her to “keep her Korean to herself.” That was the start of the hashtag #VeryAsian, which Michelle shared on social media along with the viewer’s voicemail. Thanks to an outpouring of support, she appeared on The Ellen Show where she received a check to start The Very Asian Foundation.

    Join us as Michelle shares how she captured the moment to connect with people, celebrate and build community, and start a foundation at a rapid pace, all while being a journalist grounded in objectivity. She’ll also discuss the background of St. Louis’ Asian community and the barriers the Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations faces.

    The event begins with light refreshments and an opportunity for you to connect with fellow members and guests followed by the discussion and a question-and-answer session.

    • 25 Apr 2024
    • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    • St. Louis Community Foundation, 2 Oak Knoll Park, Clayton, MO 63105
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    Did you know that where you live can make you ill? For our next discussion, we’re turning instead to a brief report conducted by the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington University School of Law along with Action St. Louis, Arch City Defenders, Dutchtown South Community Corporation and the Sierra Club. This educational report, titled Environmental Racism in St. Louis, exposes environmental injustices that “disproportionately endanger public health for people of color and low-income individuals in St. Louis, and in advocating for systemic changes to remedy these injustices and enhance public health.”

    Several of the issues covered in previous SOS Education programs are highlighted including housing (mold and lead paint), health (asthma) and community (vacant lots, food apartheid). This report sheds light on these eye-opening, interconnected environmental issues facing the underserved communities in a very interesting and comprehensive way and offers creative approaches to solutions. Join us as we discuss these findings and the recommendations for addressing environmental racism.

    Guest are welcome. We hope to see you there.

Past events

6 Feb 2024 "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
27 Jan 2024 Help assemble S0S (help) bags for Kerengende
10 Jan 2024 Book Packing with Books for Newborns
7 Dec 2023 Let’s make cookies for our 2023 grant recipient Welcome Neighbor!
6 Dec 2023 Let’s help EnergyCare prepare Winter Kits for people in need!
1 Dec 2023 Holiday Coffee
15 Nov 2023 Volunteer Event – Assisting STL HELP with mailing
12 Nov 2023 Holocaust Museum Tour and Discussion
2 Nov 2023 Volunteer Event – Preparing Materials for Girls in the Know
26 Oct 2023 Fall Member (+ Guest) Mixer
17 Oct 2023 Help Prepare for Lift For Life Gym’s Fundraiser
11 Oct 2023 Video Interview: The Person You Mean to Be Author Dolly Chugh
9 Oct 2023 Volunteer Event - Building a Garden with Urban Harvest
26 Sep 2023 SOS 2023 Fall Kickoff - Creating Community Vitality through Children
6 Sep 2023 Volunteer Event - Assisting with Mailings at Welcome Neighbor
21 Aug 2023 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
13 Aug 2023 Volunteer Holiday Cheer for VOYCE
14 Jul 2023 Volunteer Holiday Cheer for VOYCE
27 Jun 2023 Volunteering for St. Francis Xavier ID Program
13 Jun 2023 Help Angel's Arms
12 Jun 2023 Volunteer Holiday Cheer for VOYCE
31 May 2023 Volunteer for SOS grantee Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project (MICA)
25 May 2023 EarthDance
17 May 2023 2023 Spirit Awards
25 Apr 2023 Book Discussion: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
12 Apr 2023 Ballot Fair
7 Mar 2023 It Takes Two: Partners Impacting Our Community’s Health
15 Feb 2023 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
9 Feb 2023 SOS Prospective Member Information Session
8 Feb 2023 Becoming One Of The Grateful Dead: Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way by Carol Weisman
2 Dec 2022 Annual Holiday Coffee
14 Nov 2022 Supercharging Impact at the Delmar DivINe
10 Nov 2022 SOS Prospective Member Information Session
1 Nov 2022 November Book Discussion
18 Oct 2022 Join SOS on Oct. 18 for Truth Be Told, A Media Literacy Event
13 Oct 2022 Volunteer at Lift for Life Gym
21 Sep 2022 Fall Kickoff at EarthDance Organic Farm
25 Aug 2022 Volunteer at EarthDance
23 Aug 2022 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
12 Aug 2022 Volunteer at Caring for Kids
11 Aug 2022 SOS Information Session
9 Aug 2022 Join us for a special tour of St. Louis Public Library's Central Library
6 Aug 2022 Join us for a special tour of St. Louis Public Library's Central Library
29 Jun 2022 Summertime Walk in Forest Park
10 Jun 2022 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
18 May 2022 2022 Spirit Awards
13 May 2022 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
26 Apr 2022 Book Discussion: Here We Are, a memoir, by Aarti Namdev Shahani
22 Apr 2022 SOS Volunteering with Saint Louis Story Stitchers
13 Apr 2022 SOS Ballot Fair (Members Only)
25 Mar 2022 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
22 Mar 2022 SOS Book Discussion "The Last Children of Mill Creek" by Vivian Gibson
14 Mar 2022 SOS Volunteering at Springboard to Learning
8 Mar 2022 Housing Inequity 101
1 Mar 2022 SOS Volunteering at The Collective Thread
25 Feb 2022 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
9 Feb 2022 Membership Appreciation Social Hour
26 Jan 2022 Site Visit Training - Members Only
15 Dec 2021 SOS Volunteering at Springboard to Learning
13 Dec 2021 SOS Volunteering at Springboard to Learning
3 Dec 2021 Annual Holiday Coffee
2 Dec 2021 SOS Volunteering at Fit & Food Connection
17 Nov 2021 Coming to America - Resettling as a Refugee in St. Louis
16 Nov 2021 SOS Volunteering in the Urban Harvest STL Farm at Rung for Women
5 Nov 2021 SOS Volunteering at The Collective Thread
26 Oct 2021 Poetry Discussion: The Hill We Climb
20 Oct 2021 SOS New Member Connection (Classes of 2020 and 2021)
15 Oct 2021 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
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