Advocacy

Healthy Children
Strong Families
Connected Communities
Equitable Society

Community Voices, Powerful Advocates

VCR believes that no meaningful advocacy for a community can be done without acknowledging the community as an equal partner. We commit to uplifting and empowering the voices of our community members, recognizing them as powerful advocates for our region. Together, we identify inequitable policy and discriminatory practices and reconstruct them from a racial justice perspective.

Healthy Children

Children need to develop reliable social and emotional skills to navigate the world in a healthy way and to thrive as adults. This can only be accomplished within the context of stable and supportive family relationships, as well as communal and societal support for children and their families.

Strong Families

To a young child, their immediate family seems like the entire framework of the world. By their nurturing, parents and caregivers equip their children with the social and emotional skills needed to navigate the world in a healthy way.

Connected Communities

Great racial inequities exist across our region in access to healthy food, health and mental health resources, housing, education opportunities, employment opportunities, wealth accumulation, and transportation. These inequities fuel inequities in child well-being.

Equitable Society

VCR understands well the role that public policy on every level impacts equity. Working alongside parents and other advocates, we strive to create an environment in which all of our community members feel safe and empowered.

Take Action

Advocacy is educating and organizing to create positive change. Join us in working to reduce inequities and provide opportunities for child well-being.

Action Alerts

Opportunities & Trainings

Community Cafés

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Engaging
Collaborating
Informing

Upcoming Events

virtual
APR
5
PACT-STL
Vitality Café​

Parents charting their own paths toward holistic wellness.

Virtual
Apr

18

PACT-STL
Parent Café​

Connect with other parents and caregivers to strengthen your family.

virtual
APR

25

Project LAUNCH Vitality Café​

Parents charting their own paths toward holistic wellness. 

Children’s Data

Two Great Ways to Explore

Check out our CMSL Data Book and our new interactive Children’s Data Center

Quantitative and qualitative data should provide the foundation for informed, strategic, collaborative community engagement, action, and advocacy. We invite you to explore the data and join us in working towards a better future for children and families in the St. Louis region.

Data Book and Data Center Cover Images