Category: Press and Media

ST. LOUIS, November 18, 2020 –  Cheryl Walker, Board Chair of the St. Louis Regional Health Commission, was named the Interim President & CEO of the Deaconess Foundation. Ms. Walker will guide the national search for a permanent chief executive.

ST. LOUIS, October 29, 2020 – Community leaders say to vote against attempt to undermine Clean Missouri reforms. “What it’s really about is how politicians want to draw their own district maps. They want to choose their voters instead of having the voters choose them,” said Louise Wilkerson, co-president of the League of Women Voters of…

ST. LOUIS, October 12, 2020 – The St. Louis Regional Health Commission joined more than 300 business, community and civic organizations across the state in taking a public stand against Amendment 3, which would radically change how state House and Senate districts are drawn in Missouri and would reverse fair mapping policies passed by Missouri…

BRIDGETON, August 24, 2020 – It’s been said that nobody drops off a casserole when somebody in your family suffers a setback from mental illness. Compared to other diseases, stigma is partly to blame. So is the shortage of viable treatment options for behavioral health patients. Between 1990 and 2010, the region lost 42% of…

ST. LOUIS, July 9, 2020 – “Healthcare to me is a human right,” Rosetta Keeton said. “And quality healthcare should be a human right. As much as I can, I try to get them what they need.” Click here for the St. Louis American story. Photo: St. Louis American