News and Events of Cultural Leadership - CulturalLeadership.org - Vol. 16 Fall 2017

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On September 14, Cultural Leadership alumni, parents, friends, and supporters gathered downtown at Windows on Washington for Cultural Leadership’s 2017 Signature Event: Journey to Justice. Th e event was a huge success, with a record high of over 216 tickets sold. Highlights of the event included entertainment provided by Class 12 alumni, a Fund Th e Mission auction, and a Fund Th e Journey raffl e. More than $60,000 was raised through event and raffl e ticket sales, bidding at the auction, generous sponsors, and the support of our Sponsor A Student donors!

During the evening, Cultural Leadership honored several individuals and organizations striving to create a more just and equitable community. Th is year’s Distinguished Alumni Awards were presented to alumni Maayan Simckes (Class 1) and Loren Cahill (Class 5). Maayan and Loren –both of whom are PhD candidates— highlighted in their acceptance speeches the formative role Cultural Leadership played in cementing their commitment to academia and social justice. Th eir message was clear: the program shaped their passions, instilled confi dence and ambition, and transformed them into the ambitious “troublemakers of the best kind” they are today.

Maayan shared the following sentiment in her speech: “In each professional, academic, and personal challenge I’ve faced, I’ve felt prepared. I’ve felt prepared with the tools and drive to identify and call out injustice, inequality, and oppression. Loren expressed similar feelings, describing her experience in Cultural Leadership as a “transformational journey towards becoming a better woman and human being.”

Th ree organizations were also honored for their contributions to advancing diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Each year, we honor a corporate partner, a community partner, and an education partner. Th e 2017 Transformational Leadership Awardees were: Nestle Purina, Annie Malone Children & Family Services, and the Northside Community School. Brief

yet compelling videos overviewing each organization’s work in the social justice realm were screened as Annette Morris, Leslie Gill, and Stella Erondu accepted the awards on behalf of their respective organizations.

You can read the Alumni Awardees’ full speeches on our website, and relive the evening by scrolling through the 2017 Signature Event photo album on our Facebook page!

Alumni Attest to Cultural Leadership’s Impact

ContentAlumni Attest to Cultural Leadership’s

Impact ............................................. 1Letter from the Chair ........................2Allies in Action ................................... 3A Poem by Amadi MuseMorris ...........3Meet Class 13 ............................... 4 & 5Notable News .....................................6Ripples ................................................6Donors ................................................7Refl ection on Emmett Till Marker ......8Troublemaker of the Best Kind

Awards ............................................8

Thank You to Our Signature Event Sponsors

Maayan Simckes (Class 1) and Loren Cahill (Class 5) pose with their Distinguished Alumni Awards.

Allies in Action

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Doug CollingerLaurie FurmanSuzanne GellmanBryan GingrichBecky Goldstein – SecretaryJennifer Horrom Lily KurlandAnnette C. MorrisSteven Parks — Chair of the BoardDr. Ryia Ross PetersonDr. Linda Baker RobyCynthia RossErika SandifordFrieda SmithRonnie White II

I am honored, as Board Chair, to share with you Cultural Leadership’s achievements over the last year. Of the traits that set people and organizations apart, grit is one that is universally appreciated. In 2017, I can proudly say Cultural Leadership showed its true grit.

Th e year opened with the challenge of our Executive Director recovering from surgery, temporarily diminishing her capacity. Cultural Leadership’s true grit response included board members taking on extra responsibilities and amazing volunteers committing their time and talents to an organization they believe in and respect.

When faced with vacated board positions, we recruited several talented individuals who wasted no time taking Cultural Leadership to the next level. Our Advisory Council, made up of community leaders, pitched an idea for a new program, a college summer internship. Th e new program was successfully launched this summer. Six Cultural Leadership alumni spent the summer interning at local nonprofi ts and corporations, focusing on careers in social justice and diversity and inclusion.

Cultural Leadership’s high school education and leadership program is logistically, emotionally and intellectually challenging. Our divided society needs it to be. Our Class 12 high school students had a remarkable cohort experience from August, 2016 to August, 2017. During their Transformational Journey, our students called on their passion for justice to respond to a blatant act of hate at the Emmett Till Memorial. Th eir moving response garnered national attention, culminating in an invitation to speak at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. this past August.

At the heart of this organization is the lived experience of those who truly understand the cost of social injustice. Living in a time where hate, bigotry, exclusion and intolerance are expressed so freely, we need more than ever for our young people to be equipped to take action. In the words of our founder Karen Kalish, “When our students see a problem, they grab an ally, or two or three, roll up their sleeves, and get to work.” Class 13 has embarked on their life-changing journey that will prepare them to embody this mantra.

I implore you to assess the value of your support as these Troublemakers of the Best Kind train to fi ght injustice. Th rough true grit and resilience, Cultural Leadership has overcome many challenges. We could not have done so without your support. If you’ve supported us in the past, please continue and consider increasing your support. If you’ve not supported Cultural Leadership, consider making an investment in a just and equitable society. If you can’t support us, fi nd someone who will. Our courageous youth need us.

Steven L. ParksCultural Leadership Board Chair

Cultural Leadership exists to create a more just and equitable community by educating middle- and high- school students to recognize and resolve issues of privilege and injustice through the lens of the African American and Jewish experience.

Our students develop leadership skills, build relationships, facilitate dialogues and create change in their circles of infl uence.

When our students see a problem, they grab an ally, or two or three, roll up their sleeves, and get to work.

Board of Directors

Dr. Kelvin AdamsCheryl AdelsteinKaren AroestyChris CantuPeggy Cohen VossArmeta CottenLeslie GillReena Hajat CarrolDr. Sharonica HardinAmy HunterDiane LevineMichael LitwackMary Ann McLaughlinNancy NovackSteve ParksMaharat Rori Picker NeissAndrew RehfeldBooker ShawNancy Solomon DeslogeSusan StithRabbi Susan TalveHank Webber

Holly Ingraham, Executive Director

Hannah Davison (Class 7)Program Manager

Jacob Honigman (OUDC Class 19)PT – Development Assistant

Chris Pulphus (Class 11)PT – Administrative Assistant

Cultural Leadership225 S. Meramec, Suite 107

St. Louis MO 63105314-725-3222CulturalLeadership.org

Advisory Council

Founder

From the Chair of the Board

StaffKaren Kalish

Nameless

A humid breeze ripples my clothes and the light mist of rain falls upon my hot clammy body. I gaze into the beaming Louisiana sun overlooking the startling vastness of the Whitney Plantation. A plantation with over 262 years of history now told from a fi rst person narrative. It was the stories of the children! The stories of the children whose statues created a staggering realization of the hardships and brutalities of African people and their descendents for hundreds of years. I touch my hands to the hot slabs of black granite, retracing the thousands of impersonal names that seemed to repeat. Searching for a name that might resemble mine only to fi nd names such as Kelly, Sally, and Louise, their original names taken from them and their new names searing my fl esh as to somehow make me feel their pain. I gaze back into the slab of black granite and my eyes catch my refl ection and I suddenly realize the signifi cance of my own name, Amadi. A name I never truly appreciated because it was so diff erent. A name too often mispronounced; but a name that fi lled the black void of what was stolen.

Th is past summer, Class 11 alum Sophie Hurwitz and Mariah Doze championed the historical alliance between Blacks and Jews that inspired Karen Kalish to found Cultural Leadership in 2004. For almost seven months now, Sophie—a young Jewish woman—has worked for the African-American community’s leading newspaper: the St. Louis American. And Mariah, a young African-American woman, interned at the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) as part of Cultural Leadership’s College Internship Program. Both young women expressed gratitude for the opportunity to build relationships with amazing people they never would have met if they stayed within the “comfort zone” of their own communities, and attribute Cultural Leadership’s programming to their success.

After hearing about the St. Louis American during the Ferguson protests, Sophie followed her passions for social justice and writing and applied to intern at the well-known newspaper. Journalism intrigues Sophie, since a well-written piece can alter a narrative or infl uence someone’s perspective. Th e St. Louis American, founded in 1928, truly exemplifi es this sentiment. It combats the mainstream media’s racially biased coverage by publishing often overlooked, positive events occurring in St. Louis’ African- American community. While Sophie’s interviewees may have been surprised an 18-year-old white woman was covering their story, they never seemed to doubt her capability or intentions. She wrote with intent, holding fast to the following mantra: “Th e stories aren’t about me – the stories are about them.”

While Sophie was working at the St. Louis American, her classmate Mariah began interning at a Jewish organization. Mariah, a pre-law student majoring in economics and sociology at Emory University, is passionate about educational and economic inequity, as well as advocating for these issues’ reform. She applied for the Cultural Leadership College Internship Program to learn about the manifestation of social justice and advocacy in the workplace. Hoping to be placed at a prominent organization focusing on the African-American community, she was initially concerned about her assignment to the JCRC.

Th ough the JCRC engages in social justice initiatives, it is primarily a Jewish organization. Working at the JCRC and being the only employee of color was certainly out of her comfort zone. However, as the internship progressed, Mariah began to welcome the challenge. She fondly remembers helping the JCRC and wider Jewish community implement an Iftar celebration for St. Louis’ Muslim community. Th is event created a multicultural space to break the Ramadan fast, encouraging socialization between St. Louis’ Muslim and Jewish populations. Mariah was inspired by the event’s real world embodiment of Cultural Leadership’s values.

Sophie and Mariah both credit Cultural Leadership for their successful internship experiences. Sophie says the program gave her the confi dence to take herself seriously at such a young age, comfortably talk to a wide variety of people, and listen to other perspectives. Mariah credits the internship for her newfound network of contacts in the Jewish community, and is grateful to Cultural Leadership for fostering her cultural awareness and giving her the courage to navigate unfamiliar territories.

Poem by Amadi MuseMorris, Class 12

Class 12 visited the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana as part

of their three-week summer trip called the Transformational Journey.

Mariah DozeClass 11

Sophie HurwitzClass 11

Meet the Students of Meet the Students of

Class 13Class 13

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Rashid TutuLafayette

Sontez WilliamsHazelwood WestMt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church

Gabby LevineLadue Horton WatkinsCentral Reform Congregation

Emma McMahonUniversity CityGood Shepard Lutheran Church

Tiaye JosephKirkwood

Michayla JacobsHazelwood CentralFaith Church

Aminata NiangHazelwood CentralDar Al Jalal Mosque

David MannYeshivat KadimahYoung Israel

Bradford Levy SiwakLadue Horton WatkinsUnited Hebrew/Temple Israel

Thora PearsonKirkwood

Mackenzie ShieldsMetro Academic and Classical

Kareemah ThomasGrand Center Arts Academy

Shireif RoweVashon

John OnkenKirkwoodFaith Des Peres Presbyterian Chruch

Sarah BakerClaytonShaare Emeth

Elijah BallardUniversity CityCentral Reform Congregation

Casimir Buttar-MillerClayton

Mia DaltonWhitfi eldUnited Hebrew

Nia DukeHazelwood WestFaith Miracle Temple Apostolic Church

Ben GreenbergClaytonCentral Reform Congregation

Eli GoldsteinLadue Horton WatkinsShaare Emeth

Kenyon HillWhitfi eld

Tyler HarrisWhitfi eld Faith Church

Our community partners for hosting our Class 12 and 13 programs in their space: Ferguson Heights Church of Christ, Hampton Inn & Suites Clayton, Clayton High School, St. Louis Hillel at Washington University, Saint Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis, Nestle Purina, Young Israel, Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, our founder Karen Kalish, Central Reform Congregation, B’nai Amoona, Presbyterian Faith Des Peres, the Missouri History Museum, and 100 Black Men.

Th e Class 12 and 13 families that provided food for our student and parent programs.

Th ose who volunteered their time to plan our 2017 Signature Event, as well as alumni who volunteered at the event.

Clayton, Kirkwood, Lafayette Senior, University City, McCluer, Vashon, and Metro High Schools for participating in Cultural Leadership Class 13 School Swap.

Rabbi Randy Fleisher and Koach Baruch for celebrating Havdalah with Class 13 at their opening retreat.

Retreat chaperones: Channing Hunter (7), Maddy Raimondo, Helen Rodgers (6), and Elle Warshaw (1).

Speakers at our programming: Karen Aroesty, Sujin Kim, Maharot Rori PickerNeiss, Izzy Newmark (10), Dr. Katrina Th ompson, Prof. Sandra Naeger at Saint Louis University, School of Social Work, Pamela Horowitz, Rabbi Orrin Krublit, Yuval Cohen, Galit Lev-Harir, Karen Kalish, Tyjuan Morrow (3).

Susan Block, Suzanne Gellman, Peggy Cohen, and Laurie Furman for their help coordinating the Class 13 Rake-a-Th on.

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Our Donors, Without Whom, Nothing

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Tributes & Tributes &

MemorialsMemorialsIn Memory of Eileen Joseph

Josette HochmanIn Memory of Jerri Cobb Scott

David BloomeIn Memory of Lorenita Lucas

Holly IngrahamIn Memory of Mercedes Harrison’s brother

Hannah Davison and Remi SorbetIn Honor of Kristen Lanier, Class 10

Dana LanierIn Honor of Class 2 and the legacy that Cultural Leadership is creating!

Augustus CottenIn Honor of Olivia Joseph, Class 12

Debra Polinsky

Thank Yous

Channing Hunter (7) advocates for environmental justice through his work with the non-profi t organization Just Moms STL. Channing is helping the organization develop “a safe and permanent solution” for the toxic nuclear waste that was illegally dumped in the West Hills Landfi ll in 1942. Th e landfi ll is not designed to safely house this toxic waste, and poses a major threat to the surrounding areas.

Hannah Maurer (11) created a petition protesting the Parkway School District’s scheduling of high school graduations on a Saturday, since observant Jewish students would have to choose between attending their graduation or honoring their Sabbath. After receiving thousands of signatures, the district changed two high

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others... he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other

from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and

resistance.

Ripples

schools’ graduations to a diff erent day.

Melinda Oliver (7) founded the Young Yogi Youth Project to teach yoga to public school students. In her yoga classes, she teaches teens kindness, healthy coping mechanisms, self-discipline, and to have respect for themselves and others. She says the classes build community and self-confi dence, ease anxiety, promote physical fi tness, and encourage young people to be kind to others.

SepTisha Riley (9) is involved with her college’s Community Advocates for Parents and Students (CAPS) program, a grassroots, all-volunteer organization that provides tutoring opportunities to local students of all ages. She has accepted a post-graduation

Teach for America position as an elementary school teacher in South Carolina!

Brandon Rush’s (6) company Blueprint Leadership partnered with Cultural Leadership to plan and implement Social Innovation 101, a leadership seminar for Cultural Leadership alumni. Keep up the great work, Brandon!

Maayan Simckes (1) is a scholar making a diff erence! Her paper, “Access to a Loaded Gun without Adult Permission and School-Based Bullying,” was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, and received national attention for exposing the troubling relationship between school bullying and increased gun violence. Maayan is a doctoral student in Public Health at the University of Washington.

Loren Cahill (5) and Maayan Simckes (1) received the Distinguished Alumni Award at the 2017 Signature Event: Journey to Justice.

Rachel Winston (1), currently the Black Diaspora Archivist at University of Texas libraries, recently accompanied six Class 12 students on a trip to Washington D.C. to speak at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Dani Gottleib (12) is spending her senior year of high school in Israel with URJ’s Heller High Program! Based on a kibbutz outside of Jerusalem, students

take advanced classes on Jewish History and Hebrew, as well as fulfi ll their home schools’ requirements.

Leonard Blair Jr. (9) proposed to his now fi ancée Bria Jenkins in October. Congratulations, Leonard!

Marlee Cox (8) made an amazing impression during her internship with Nestle Purina’s Diversity and Inclusion department—which she obtained last summer through Cultural Leadership’s Summer Internship Program –and was subsequently hired as Nestle Purina’s Diversity and Inclusion Assistant.

DeNaijah Curry (11) is studying nursing and Africana

Studies at the University of Central Missouri. She is involved in UCM’s Sisters of Ujima, an organization that empowers women and provides scholarships to female students.

Maalik Shakoor’s (8) fi lm He Who Listens was accepted into Th e St. Louis International Film Festival. Th e students of Class 12 witnessed the fi lm’s premiere last year. We’re so proud of you, Maalik!

Joel Broddon (9), a sophomore at Missouri Science and Technology, is the section leader for the trombones/low brass in his college’s marching band. His original composition was performed during his school’s halftime show this October!

Notable News

Darren SnyderAlexandria Sommer**Remi SorbetDiya Spann*Elaine Spiva**Eden SpivaDouglas StevickShelley StewartSarah Sunderman*Linda SwatyMayeotis TaylorMarilyn TelowitzAnne Th ies**Winston WaddellRita Warren*Gail WechslerNancy and Andy WeigleyRonnie White IIKristen WilliamsonEddie Wilson*Ed WrightScott Wymore

*Cultural Leadership parents**Cultural Leadership students

Please inform us of any unintended misspellings or omissions and accept our sincere apologies.

We are grateful for the many donors who support Cultural Leadership. Th is list represents all donations made to Cultural Leadership from January 1, 2017 to October 31, 2017. Event tickets and auctions not included.

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When Class 12 visited Money, Mississippi, this past June during their Transformational Journey, they were dismayed to fi nd the historical marker commemorating Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching badly vandalized. Th e students took action: they covered the illegible sign with inspiring and informative notes and drawings illuminating the erroneous circumstances of Till’s murder. After the Smithsonian learned of the students’ actions through national news reports, they invited six Class 12 students to speak at the museum on Saturday, August 26, as part of a special Emmett Till exhibition. Th e six students that represented Class 12 were Dani Gottleib, Josh Hagene, Lizzy Mills, Promise Mitchell, William Sherman, and Winston Waddell. Th ey were accompanied to Washington, DC for their presentation by Executive Director Holly Ingraham, and trip leaders Avi Edelman, Samantha Lurie, and Cultural Leadership alum and historian, Rachel Winston (1).

Lizzy Mills and Winston Waddell, Class 12 speaking at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, about the signifi cance of Emmet Till’s death.

Students Honor Emmett Till by Posting Tributes on Vandalized Mississippi Sign