St. Louis Early Childhood Education
Calling All St. Louis Parents, Educators, and Champions!
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Learn about the current state of the early childhood system
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Build skills to become a leader and organizer who wins big funding and policy changes for early childhood education
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Put your skills to use to improve the early childhood education system
St. Louis Community Wealth Building
Calling St. Louis Neighbors, Business Owners, and Workers!
- Learn about the current state of our economy
- Build skills to become a leader and organizer who achieves economic change in our region
- Put your skills to use to build regional awareness and grow the movement to close the racial wealth gap
Metro East Community Wealth Building
Calling Metro East Neighbors, Business Owners, and Workers!
- Learn about the current state of our economy
- Build skills to become a leader and organizer who achieves economic change in our region
- Put your skills to use to build regional awareness and grow the movement to close the racial wealth gap
Who is WEPOWER?
WEPOWER activates and supports business and community leaders to take action to make St. Louis’s economy and education systems better. Nearly 500 WEPOWER alumni—business and community leaders—have achieved big wins that impact thousands of educators and children and scaled businesses that positively support our economy and create living wage jobs.
2025 St. Louis Early Childhood Education
BENEFITS
- $1,000 stipend for individuals; $3,000 grant for brick-and-mortar child care programs
- Childcare & meals provided at all sessions
- Join a lifelong community of changemakers
- Become a leader of active efforts to defend and win public funding and improve policies for early childhood education
DETAILS
You are expected to attend all four modules, approximately 16 hours per module. Programming location will be at CIC - 20 S Sarah Street, St. Louis, 63108.
Module 1 - Friday, July 25th - Sunday, July 27th
Module 2 - Friday, August 29th - Sunday, August 31st
Module 3 - Friday, September 26th - Sunday, September 28th
Module 4 - Friday, October 24th - Sunday, October 26th
2025 St. Louis Community Wealth Building
BENEFITS
- $1,000 stipend for individuals; $3,000 grant for brick-and-mortar businesses accessible to the public
- Childcare & meals provided at all sessions
- Join a lifelong community of changemakers
- Become a leader of active efforts to defend and win policy changes to close the racial wealth gap
DETAILS
You are expected to attend all four in-person modules, each lasting approximately 16 hours.
Module 1 - Friday, July 25th - Sunday, July 27th
Module 2 - Friday, August 29th - Sunday, August 31st
Module 3 - Friday, September 26th - Sunday, September 28th
Module 4 - Friday, October 24th - Sunday, October 26th
2025 Metro East Community Wealth Building
BENEFITS
- $1,000 stipend for individuals
- Childcare & meals provided at all sessions
- Join a lifelong community of changemakers
- Become a leader of active efforts to improve voter and civic engagement in the Metro-East
DETAILS
You are expected to attend all four modules, approximately 16 hours per module. They will take place at either East Side Aligned or UniK-Pres.
Module 1 - Friday, July 11th - Sunday, July 13th
Module 2 - Friday, August 17th - Sunday, August 17st
Module 3 - Friday, September 12th - Sunday, September 14th
Module 4 - Friday, October 17th - Sunday, October 19th