StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The WHY of MY City are a series of unique conversations that bring historical context around recurring topics chosen by youth in the StitchCast Studio published podcasts, including: the preservation of black history and historical sites and the stories of Missouri's people throughout time.
In this Special Edition episode of StitchCast Studio for The WHY of MY City, our StitchCast, led by Emeara Burns, sits down with Angela da Silva in Part II of a discussion about preserving local history through community organizing with a focus on the Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing, a landmark riverside site of an 1855 slave crossing on the National Park Service’s Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program.
Recorded live on April 15, 2023 on site at The Griot Museum of Black History in collaboration with Counterpublic, a civic exhibition that weaves contemporary art into the life of St. Louis.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
What’s Your Why?
KP Dennis and Ntegrity for Saint Louis Story Stitchers
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StitchCast Studio Special Edition: The WHY of MY City is supported in part by Missouri Humanities Council, a state agency, which receives support from the State of Missouri.
The Divided City is funded by The Divided City initiative. The Divided City is a joint project of the Center for the Humanities and the Sam Fox School, College of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis. The Divided City is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers programs is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Deaconess Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers and The Center is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
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