St. Louis

Action St. Louis is a grassroots racial justice organization that seeks to build political power for Black communities in the St. Louis region. Founded by activists after the killing of Michael Brown and the Ferguson Uprising, Action St. Louis builds campaigns that leverages organizing, communications, advocacy and direct action to mitigate harm against their community while fighting for long-term transformation.

The Organization for Black Struggle (OBS) was founded in 1980. A group of veteran activists, students, union organizers and community members in St. Louis were seeking to address the needs and issues of the Black working-class. Their vision is to contribute to the creation of a society free of all forms of exploitation and oppression. Their mission is to build a movement that fights for political empowerment, economic justice and the cultural dignity of the African-American community, especially the Black working class. Their theory of change is to educate and organize the Black working class to act and in their own self-interests and to build political and economic power in a unified, strategic way.