Save the Date for the Ashrei Foundation’s First Annual Summer Soirée!

We are delighted to invite you to join us in celebrating our success, recognizing our volunteers and partners and sharing our roadmap of what’s to come.

All are welcome to this casual cocktail party to mix and mingle with our partners, supporters,

Board of Directors, and community members.

Registration coming soon!

We join the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition and partners in sponsoring a John Lewis Day of Action event July 17th as we mark the 4th anniversary of the death of the Congressman John Lewis!

People will come together in events across the country to commemorate the late Congressman's life's work to secure voting rights for all people.

The events will highlight the urgency of this moment in our history and will educate, motivate and activate our community to work towards the passage of the  John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the Native American Voting Rights Act, DC Statehood, and the Freedom To Vote Act.

The St. Louis event will take place at the Frankie Freeman Memorial in Keiner Plaza, 4:00-6:00 pm.

Freedom Summer STL Southside Event



When: Wednesday, July 27th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Where: Habitat for Humanity, 3830 S. Grand

Freedom Summer STL, a multidisciplinary effort by ArchCity Defenders and its community partners focusing on voting, expungement, abolition, and housing justice.

The efforts are a continuation of, and catalyst for, organizing and movement-building efforts, providing community members with tools needed to impact

policy change.

The last two North City Photo ID Project Clinics have been the busiest in the project's history!

With a max capacity of 40 guest per day based on staffing and space, we set a record of 38 guests on June 27th, and exceeded our record and max on July 11th serving 47 people!

Thank you to our volunteers who make this possible each week!

Summer volunteers are needed to support

our ever-growing North City Photo ID Project!

Off-Site Application Support Volunteers

Friday, July 26th, 9:00 am-2:00 pm

New Madrid, Missouri Family Resource Center

*Experienced volunteers requested



Weekend Application Support Volunteers

Saturday, August 3rd

10:00 am-2:00 pm at the Hub

Weekly Clinic Application Support Volunteers

Most Thursdays 10:00 am-2:00 pm at the Hub

ID Pick-Up or Delivery Team

dates and times flexible

If you're an attorney, we'd love your help! We're building a statewide team of Volunteer Attorneys to offer pro bono services only for the purpose of requesting out of state birth certificates.

Visit our website to learn more about becoming a photo ID clinic volunteer or to pick up a shift this summer.

One of the most important aspects of the photo ID project is creating an environment where all people are welcomed warmly, treated with patience and compassion, and leave feeling loved and cared for in the short time they are with us.

We live these values in our Hospitality Room.

A self-service, semi-private area where guests can take what they need without judgement.

We need your help to offer drinks, snacks, seasonally appropriate supplies to our clinic clients! There are a variety of ways to support this vital component of our work, click below to learn how to give a tax-deductible gift.

The Missouri State ID Access Coalition is thrilled to host the first annual MO ID Access Summit bringing together advocates, neighbors, lawyers, service providers, students and more to explore the ID access landscape in Missouri.

Anchored by keynote speaker Kat Calvin, Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote + Project ID, sessions will delve into the basics of ID access and current disparities, and advocacy skills, preparing participants to take action moving forward to ensure all Missourians have the identification documents they need to thrive.



Everyone is welcome to attend!

Your to-do list to prepare for the August 6th Primaries:

• Plan your vote on primary day or before- In person, no excuse absentee voting begins August 23rd

• To find your polling place, see what's on your ballot, and check your voter registration, visit vote411.org/lwvmo

• Have some time and want to help? Sign up to work the polls here!

For more voter resources from the League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis, click here

The Ashrei Foundation supports parents and families by endorsing the Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages initiative to deliver earned paid sick time off and a fair minimum wage to Missouri workers and families.

This initiative will make Missouri the 16th state to guarantee workers a $15 minimum wage and the ability to earn paid sick leave. These policies will impact over 500,000 Missouri families and provide stability for workers and children.

Signaures are being gathered to put this measure on the ballot, giving Missourians a chance to vote for these improvements in the 2024 elections. Learn more here.

Missouri clergy, including Ashrei Founder Rabbi Susan Talve, challenging the state’s abortion ban as a violation of church-state separation announced their intent to appeal the June 14 decision by St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Jason Sengheiser in Rev. Traci Blackmon v. State of Missouri to the Missouri Supreme Court.

The legal team representing the clergy plaintiffs, which includes Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the National Women’s Law Center and local civil rights lawyer Denise Lieberman ,issued a statement noting: “We’re ready to fight all the way to the Missouri Supreme Court to restore Missourians’ reproductive and religious freedom."

Read the full statement and case history here.

The Ashrei Foundation exists to empower and activate the St. Louis community and partners throughout the state of Missouri to promote economic justice, to relieve suffering, and interrupt cycles of poverty.

To learn more, please visit our website.

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