Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City 1st Edition by Matthew Desmond available at Amazon.com WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION From Amazon.com: In Evicted, Harvard sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and […]
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SLPD article on STL city-county divide, by Tony Messenger
Tony Messenger’s April 13, 2017 article, Messenger: Redraw the boundaries so that St. Louis can go all in, addresses the divide between the city and county in St. Louis. Messenger references research outlined in the 2014 For the Sake of All report underscoring the gaps in health outcomes and life expectancy between rich and poor and African American and white […]
Asset Funders Network releases new brief on wealth and health
On February 28, 2017, the Asset Funders Network released a new brief on the relationship between wealth and health, The Health and Wealth Connection: Opportunities for Investment Across the Life Course, with authors Jason Q. Purnell, PhD, MPH and Anjum Hajat, PhD, MPH. This release demonstrates that funders have an opportunity to bridge interests and cross […]
Harvard class designs solutions for housing segregation in St. Louis
A recent St. Louis on the Air broadcast and article by Kelly Moffitt of St. Louis Public Radio highlights Harvard professor Daniel D’Oca’s urban planning and design project in which students created accessible solutions to address fair housing and urban segregation in the City of St. Louis. Led by Professor D’Oca, graduate students at the Harvard University School of Design studied the history […]
Commentary by Herb Kuhn, President & CEO of the Missouri Hospital Association
Herb Kuhn’s February 2, 2017 commentary in the St. Louis Business Journal, Addressing childhood trauma to improve quality of life, discusses the importance of identifying both home- and community-based risks for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The damage caused by childhood abuse and neglect or toxic stress can affect physical and emotional health throughout one’s life and can even result in early mortality. Kuhn’s commentary […]
Project Director Receives Regional Awards
Jason Q. Purnell, Principal Investigator and Project Director for For the Sake of All, received two notable honors in the latter part of 2016. On December 29, the St. Louis American named Dr. Purnell the 2016 “Person of the Year,” noting: “It is better that we do what For the Sake of All is trying […]
Blog Post by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad & Jason Purnell
A recent blog post by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Director of CFED’s Racial Wealth Divide Initiative and Host of the Race and Wealth podcast, and Jason Purnell, Assistant Professor at Washington University’s Brown School, was published in November in The St. Louis American and The Huffington Post. The post discusses the persistent and pervasive problem of […]
SLPD article on premature infant death in STL, by Nancy Cambria
Nancy Cambria’s December 6, 2016 article, Too many babies are dying in St. Louis and one group is taking a stand, addresses disturbing racial trends in infant mortality in St. Louis. According to a recent study commissioned by Generate Health (formerly the Maternal, Child and Family Health Coalition), “African-American babies are three times as likely to die […]
In Ferguson, a Picture of Health Disparities
A recent article in U.S. News & World Report examines the disparities that persist in Ferguson, Missouri more than two years after the death of Michael Brown and one year after the release of the Ferguson Commission report, “Forward through Ferguson.” The disparities are clear and visible, both in Ferguson and across the United States. The […]
Ferguson: America’s Arab Spring
Social Media and the Civil Rights Movement The Gateway Journalism Review Ferguson Special Report features stories that highlight the impact following the events surrounding the death of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, nearly 2 years ago. The report portrays the role that history, social media, and reform have played in our region. Ultimately, it “tells the […]
Short Distances to Long Gaps in Health: Babies born just miles apart in St. Louis face up to 12 year difference in life expectancy
A North St. Louis County life expectancy map released today (August 3) by researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) illustrates that opportunities to lead a long and healthy life can vary dramatically by neighborhood. If you travel less than 11 miles north […]
“Financial Health is Public Health”: New book features essay by Jason Purnell
The essay can be found in What It’s Worth: Strengthening the Financial Future of Families, Communities and the Nation, a new book on the financial health of our nation published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Corporation for Enterprise Development. “In these and many other ways, the inextricable, often stress-laden link between financial […]
Report Presented to Hillary Clinton at Community Meeting in Florissant
On June 23, 2015, Principal Investigator Jason Purnell presented For the Sake of All research to Hillary Clinton on a panel at a community meeting in Florissant, MO. The panel, held in Christ the King United Church of Christ, discussed the current state of early education, child welfare and racial disparities in health care, jobs programs, and other […]