Month: June 2015

  • Street Polling Results from Day 3

    Street Polling Results from Day 3

    Here are the results of the street polling from the Delmar Loop. Click here to see it.

  • Income disparity in Ferguson’s zip code

    Income disparity in Ferguson’s zip code

    The tour that Urban Go-Team 2015 had with Patricia Bynes revealed the varied neighborhoods of Ferguson. Poverty exists almost side-by-side with upper middle class living. You can see it by studying the following demographic information on Zip Code 63135 which includes Ferguson and a few neighboring communities.

  • Wednesday Photos!

    Wednesday Photos!

    A wonderful, informative, busy day. We started at the West County 911 Dispatch Center, moved to University City for a panel on protests (with the fabulous Rasheen Aldridge, Jamala Rogers, and Kristian from Jobs with Justice.), did some street polling at the Delmar Loop, and it ended at the U City municipal traffic court. Here…

  • Day 3 Reflection

    Today started off with a trip to the 911 center, a place that I always assumed operated within  police stations, rather than at separate locations. What I really liked about this morning was that the speaker who talked  really opened up to us and was unafraid to express his opinions. This alone was different from many of the other…

  • Wednesday Daily Wrap Up

    Wednesday Daily Wrap Up

    Today was a long day, but there were a ton of great speakers and activities to blog about. Here are a few prompts, but as always you can write about whatever interests you. We started the day at the 911 dispatch center. Was there anything you heard/saw there that interested you? How did you feel…

  • Day Two (Another Post, too!)

    Today was another great day with many speakers and things to observe. I found each judge to hold many differences but at the same time many similarities. They came from very different backgrounds. One a military man with great nationalism and trust in our system and the other an engineer from Tennessee who knows the importance…

  • Thoughts from Juvie

    “What do you want to be when you grow up?” From the moment most kids can speak, the adults in their life make a point of asking the question of former-toddlers and teens alike. Maybe they ask only to avoid silence or are even still genuinely searching for ideas for themselves; whatever their intentions, adults instilled in…

  • Tuesday Daily Wrap Up

    Tuesday Daily Wrap Up

    Tuesday was a busy day of walking around Clayton & hanging out in courts. Here are some possible questions to contemplate for your daily wrap up. The first judge spoke about trust and the community. It was also mentioned yesterday with the police. Do you believe there is a trust problem between the government/justice system…

  • Day One (Coincidentally Post One)

    So, I have decided to make my first post about the first day’s events while watching the Daily Show, eating all the Starbursts from my bag and looking over my unasked ponderings after our first encounter with police and basically each other.  It was great to hear from such fantastic civil servants like Officer Grace and Officer Kevin, but it…

  • Monday Daily Wrap Up

    Monday Daily Wrap Up

    Possible questions for Daily Wrap-Up, Monday, June 1. Feel free to pick 2-4 of these prompts and write a few sentences for each. Or you can write about whatever you feel like. Check out Gloria’s cool piece. What was the most interesting thing you learned/did today? What did you think about the speakers? Did anything…