OUR RECLAMATION

Our Areas of Work

Cultural Tourism

  • Heart of The Ville Walking Tour,

  • Juneteenth Bike Ride,

  • Story of Black St. Louis Bus Tour,

  • Docent Training and Support

Art & Storytelling

As a part of our cultural tourism and placekeeping operations, we curate, facilitate, and collaborate on mixed- media and multi-media art to raise awareness about the legacy of The Ville and St. Louis Black history while building brand awareness for the neighborhood. These programs generate social/political capital that empowered the organization to advocate for more robust agendas.

Preservation

Sumner Recovery Plan, Shelley House, Homer G Phillips,

Community organizing, movement building (resident artist-led preservation movements)

Placekeeping

A community organizing, planning and design initiative to envision and manifest a culturally rooted and vibrant MLK corridor that creates a network of activated public spaces, connects important community landmarks, and that supports prosperity in the Black community.

Our Supporters