Informal History is a zine and podcast promoting the study of history through collective discovery and individual creative expression. We're historians, either because it's our job or our hobby. We might occupy different roles, but the thing that brings us together is our mutual interest in the preservation of historical resources and the promotion of historical research and education. We aim to capture the diversity of the St. Louis historical research scene.... everything from the archives to community storytellers. Our focus is on contemporary St. Louis history, from the fall of Pruitt Igoe to the present day.
Episode 14: Rev. Hubert Schwartzentruber, Revolutionary Mennonite & Community Organizer
Hosts Stefene Russell and Liz Wolfson visit in this special episode with Rev. Hubert Schwartzentruber and Mary Rittenhouse Schwartzentruber. Rev. Schwartzentruber was one of the three co-founders of the community organization JeffVanderLou Inc, which sought to retake the neighborhood from the clutches of blight and work through grassroots efforts and rehabilitation, block by block. Schwarztentruber shares his story of moving to St. Louis in the late 1950s from a rural upbringing in Zurich, Ontario, and starting a Mennonite Mission in the midst of Pruitt Igoe. Topics include Schwartzentruber's embrace of a social justice ministry not simply in St. Louis but across his career which would take him from St. Louis to Germantown PA, where he oversaw a shocking schism which pitted a diverse, LGBTQ friendly congregation versus a socially conservative Mennonite Church. Integral however in the development of Schwartzentruber's impassionned embrace for social justice issues was his work in St. Louis, which stretched from 1957 to 1972 and involved his participation not simply in mission building but community building with the help of legendary neighborhood organizers like Florence Aritha Spotts and Macler Shepard, co-founders with Schwartzentruber of the JeffVanderLou community organization. Guiding the conversation between Stef, Liz and the Schwartzentrubers is a memoir published by Rev. Schwartzentruber, "Jesus in Back Alleys," which is available for purchase from amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Back-Alleys-Hubert-Schwartzentruber/dp/1931038074 (https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Back-Alleys-Hubert-Schwartzentruber/dp/1931038074)
6 Sept 2020
The Ferguson Project with Rebecca Rivas
In today’s episode we will hear from Rebecca Rivas. Rivas is a video producer and reporter for the St. Louis American Newspaper. She speaks on her experiences reporting on the Ferguson uprising in 2014, as well as her current work covering the fight for black lives amidst a global pandemic.
Links:
http://www.stlamerican.com/ (http://www.stlamerican.com/)
Article on the Stockley Protests: http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/123-arrests-made-sunday-night-stockley-verdict-protests-continue/article_ee7699f8-9cf0-11e7-a9fc-7fd39f6f9b5e.html (http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/123-arrests-made-sunday-night-stockley-verdict-protests-continue/article_ee7699f8-9cf0-11e7-a9fc-7fd39f6f9b5e.html)
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30 Aug 2020
The Ferguson Project with Mariah Stewart
In this episode we will hear from Mariah Stewart. Stewart is a St. Louis-based journalist who currently covers diversity and inclusion in higher education for INSIGHT Into Diversity, the oldest and largest national diversity magazine and website.
In 2014, Stewart plunged into the journalism industry following a crowdfunded campaign for her continued coverage of Ferguson, Mo and the St. Louis region where she covered social justice for The Huffington Post and community news for The St. Louis American.
Stewart's work has been published in multiple outlets including, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Crisis Magazine, St. Louis Public Radio, and The Guardian. Her stories on protests, the justice system, and local courts have been nominated for the ArchCity Defenders 2017 Excellence in Poverty Journalism Awards and the National Association of Black Journalists 2016 Salute to Excellence Awards.
Her reporting has led her to speak at the 2017 SXSW interactive panel and keynote at the 2014 Online News Association conference.
You can contact Stewart via email at mstewart@insightintodiversity.com (mailto:mstewart@insightintodiversity.com) or mariah.reporter@gmail.com (mailto:mariah.reporter@gmail.com)
Links:
https://www.clippings.me/mariahstewart (https://www.clippings.me/mariahstewart)
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