This Civic Moment

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Welcome to this Civic Moment, where the fellows of the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement probe deeper on the foundations of our common civic life through the lens of the people leading our civic conversations.

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This Civic Moment episodes:

08.08.2023
Kelly McGowan and Shavanna Spratt
Join us for the finale of Season 3! This episode was recorded live on Monday, April 3, 2023, at the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. It features Kelly McGowan, founder...
05.24.2023
Annie Rice
Annie Rice is a former Alderperson who represented the 8th Ward of St. Louis from 2018 to 2023. Prior to her aldermanic election, Annie was the Democratic Committeewoman for that same ward and represented the 5th Senate District to the...
05.17.2023
Blake Strode
Blake Strode is the Executive Director of Arch City Defenders, a nonprofit civil rights law firm in St. Louis, Missouri providing holistic legal advocacy and combating the criminalization of poverty and state violence against poor people and people of color....
05.05.2023
Tony Messenger
Tony Messenger is the Metro Columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, writing four columns a week in a position he has held since September 2016. He joined the Post-Dispatch in 2008 as a capital correspondent and political columnist in Jefferson...
04.05.2023
Dr. John Inazu
Dr. John Inazu is a Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis and a Senior Fellow with Interfaith America. He is also an author and Founder of The Carver Project, a non-profit that connects students and faculty...
03.09.2023
Dr. LJ Punch
Dr. Punch is a trauma surgeon and the Executive Director and founder of Power 4 Stl and “The T”. He also serves as Medical Director at the Bullet Related Injury Clinic, a community-based free clinic that focuses on the experience...
02.22.2023
Aaron Naparstek
Aaron Naparstek '93 is a co-host, producer, and creator of The War on Cars, a popular podcast dedicated to pushing back against the pernicious effects of car culture and automobile dominance. He is also the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog, a publication...
09.07.2022
Voter Series: Voting 101
There’s a lot of terminology around elections – mail-in ballots, absentee voting, midterms – that can seem inaccessible to people just beginning to vote for the first time. Here’s a short introduction to what you need to know to make...
03.29.2022
Jason Rosenbaum
Jason Rosenbaum, St. Louis Public Radio Politics Correspondent, is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Since starting his career in the mid-2000s, Rosenbaum has covered politics, policy and rock and roll music for various media outlets,...
03.15.2022
Vivian Gibson
Author Vivian Gibson, joins us to discuss factors impacting the decline of the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood. Her memoir, The Last Children of Mill Creek, documents the nation’s largest urban renewal project and its consequences on the black community through...
03.01.2022
Lane Koch
Lane Koch is a conservative grassroots strategist, writer, speaker, political commentator, and Vice President of C3 Public Strategies. In 2020, Lane founded Grassroots Girl, a consulting brand specializing in providing customized voter-contact platforms, ballot initiatives, and more. In September 2021,...
02.15.2022
Ray Boshara
Ray Boshara is senior advisor for the Institute for Economic Equity at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, where he focuses on building savings and wealth inclusively. He is also a senior fellow in the Financial Security Program at...
02.03.2022
Caroline Fan
Caroline Fan is an activist, consultant, and founder and president of the Missouri Asian American Youth Foundation. In this episode of This Civic Moment, Caroline discusses the importance of representation, nuances of language, and the public perception of Asian American identity...
01.20.2022
Mike Jones II, Ph.D.
Mike Jones II, Ph.D., is an Associate Director, Community Science with the Race & Opportunity Lab at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. He is a native Saint Louisan and is passionate about his hometown’s ability to...
01.04.2022
Ness Sandoval, Ph.D.
Ness Sandoval, Ph.D, is associate director of Saint Louis University’s Geospatial Institute (GeoSLU) and an associate professor of sociology at SLU. In this episode, Dr. Sandoval traces his journey from a small town in Nebraska to his current role at...
12.21.2021
Representative Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville)
Representative Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville) joins This Civic Moment to discuss her pathway to the Illinois General Assembly, and the lessons learned in public service that continue to shape her leadership and civic engagement journey. Rep. Bourne is joined on the...
06.21.2021
Richard A. Gephardt
Former Congressman Richard (Dick) A. Gephardt served for 28 years in the United States House of Representatives from 1976 to 2004, representing Missouri's 3rd Congressional District, home to his birthplace St. Louis. He was elected to serve as House Democratic...
05.21.2021
Congressman Richard Gephardt
Congressman Richard (Dick) A. Gephardt has had a long, storied career in public service including elected local office in St. Louis and serving as a United States House Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. He served as both House...
05.07.2021
Dr. Kira Hudson Banks
Dr. Kira Hudson Banks is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Saint Louis University. She is co-founder of the Institute for Healing Justice and Equity at Saint Louis University, and has served as a racial equity consultant for the Ferguson...
04.30.2021
Scott Faughn
Scott Faughn is the editor and founder of the Missouri Times and host of one of the leading shows on Missouri politics, "This Week in Missouri Politics."
04.16.2021
Rabbi Susan Talve
Rabbi Susan Talve is the founding rabbi of Central Reform Congregation, the only Jewish Congregation located within the city limits of St. Louis.
04.09.2021
Evan Krauss
Evan Krauss is the Director of East Side Aligned, a Collective Impact process that works to align policy, practice and investment across sectors to improve outcomes for young people in East St. Louis and surrounding regions.
04.06.2021
Introduction to This Civic Moment
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What's This Civic Moment about?

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This Civic Moment episodes:

Kelly McGowan and Shavanna Spratt

Annie Rice

Blake Strode

Tony Messenger

Dr. John Inazu

Dr. LJ Punch

Aaron Naparstek

Voter Series: Voting 101

Jason Rosenbaum

Vivian Gibson

Lane Koch

Ray Boshara

Caroline Fan

Mike Jones II, Ph.D.

Ness Sandoval, Ph.D.

Representative Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville)

Richard A. Gephardt

Congressman Richard Gephardt

Dr. Kira Hudson Banks

Scott Faughn

Rabbi Susan Talve

Evan Krauss

Introduction to This Civic Moment