We are learning how to best affirm the neighbors of North Saint Louis. Through beautification, preventative healthcare and cultural story telling, we thrive in our daily lives. Food, health, and a positive mind state has kept generations strong.

The goal of this project is to encapsulate a connection with culture, nutrition and community/neighborhood shared norms. The questions focus on the belief system of the participant. Although statistical research is a part of the project, it is not central. The experience of the participant is valued.

The working healthy solutions that come from this project are the following:

-Promote Urban Agriculture and Gardens

-Advocate for Clean Air, Soil, Water and Nature

-Beautification as Crime Prevention

-Public Affirmation to Support Mental Health

-Oral Tradition as Preventative Healthcare Strategy

Take the Survey!

Suggested Foods Resource Guide (Energy Foods List released 5/5/2020)

Healthy Groups in North Saint Louis

Video Interviews Previous to COVID- 19 Pandemic

Local Artist on the topic of Dreams

Minister Audrey Hollis on Migration and Race

Mr. Brown at Wohl Recreational Center

Ancient African History Exhibition by Norman Ross

The survey launched online April 1, 2020.

Survey Data as of 5/5/2020

80% of the people who took this survey, that live in or support North Saint Louis, exercise.

Over half of the participants in the survey see their neighborhood as beautiful.

64% of the participants garden and grow food.

88% of the participants believe they are beautiful.

80% of the participants believe they are healthy.

This project has been funded in part by Sprout Change, Neighborhood Innovations in Connectivity Grant, and more.