Social Justice Group Launches in Webster Groves
The Alliance for Interracial Dignity hopes to help bridge the cultural, racial and other divisions in Webster Groves.
Humankind has historically shown a tendency to compartmentalize, separating “us” from “them:” men from women, black from white, young from old. Webster Groves is no different. Here, an imaginary line traditionally spirited the city from its predominantly black northern neighborhood. But a new social justice advocacy group, the Alliance for Interracial Dignity, is vowing to end the marginalization and isolation by bringing each puzzle piece of the community—government, churches, schools, businesses—together for discussion and unification. “It’s time to bridge,” said Emerson Smith, a founding member of the alliance. “It’s time to bring everything together and have that one common belief that we are Webster Groves.” One Direction The …
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