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Opera Theatre of St. Louis has an "overwhelmingly white" administrative staff, according to its leader. A fellowship program aims to increase the behind-the-scenes diversity at the organization and elsewhere in the field.
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Renée Brummel Franklin, a longtime staffer at St. Louis Art Museum, will lead its efforts to bolster diversity within the organization. She's charged with acting on recommendations contained in a report adopted by the museum's board of commissioners.
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Steenz Stewart initially studied studio art with a focus on illustration while attending Maryville University. Although they honed their visual craft…
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A local nonprofit aims to attract diverse voices to participate in the local film and media-production scene.Continuity, a nonprofit media company, is…
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Ashley Denmark is a family-medicine physician with BJC Healthcare. A black woman, she grew up in Jennings, Missouri, and at an early point in her life,…
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As a gay black woman with working-class roots, LaShana Lewis doesn’t look like a typical computer programmer.Lewis spent the better part of two decades…
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“No matter what your style of humor, there’s something you can see that you’re gonna enjoy,” Max Price said about the local comedy scene on Tuesday’s St.…
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The messages about the need for diversity in our neighborhoods, region and workplaces keep coming, and they are important.So I was glad to hear them last…
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Missouri charter schools will now be able to give preference to poor or struggling students in its lottery admissions system.That change was part of an…
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While attending Indiana State to become a surgeon, Alicia Corder took a criminal justice class and her entire life plan changed.“It’s not anything I had…