Market season in St. Louis unfolds slowly, with options in all corners of the city and county that each add something unique to the mix. The One Africa! One Nation! Farmers Market in north St. Louis is a community favorite, where friends and families gather on Saturdays throughout the summer to connect, learn and participate in an array of activities. …
Media Coverage
Photos: Mural overlooking the future Black Power Blueprint community basketball court nears completion
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch shares photos of the Black Power Blueprint’s community basketball court mural!
KTVI FOX 2 in St. Louis covered Black Power Blueprint’s community basketball court mural!
North St. Louis announces more construction for growing project
KTVI FOX 2 in St. Louis covered Black Power Blueprint’s community basketball court groundbreaking ceremony!
‘The community deserves a basketball court’; Organization plans to bring fresh paint to North St. Louis City
KTVI FOX 2 covered Black Power Blueprint’s project to build a community basketball court!
One Africa! One Nation! Farmers Market holds successful opening day!
Watch video from opening day of the One Africa! One Nation! Farmers Market, produced by The Street Show Stl!
The One Africa! One Nation! Farmers Market is bringing the North St. Louis community together
FeastMagazine.com reported on opening day of the One Africa! One Nation! Farmers Market!
The Burning Spear newspaper featured the Black Power Blueprint in its December issue in-print and online:
The Black Power Blueprint is taking root in North St. Louis, claiming territory by and for us, the African working class.
Currently five blocks on West Florissant Ave. in the O’Fallon neighborhood are in the midst of rapid Black Power Blueprint transformation to serve our own black needs—not gentrification or big developers.
Step by step we are putting in place our own people’s urban plan based on the political and economic empowerment of the African working class.
A program of the African People’s Socialist Party, led by Deputy Chair Ona Zené Yeshitela, the Black Power Blueprint is renovating abandoned buildings and spaces, and developing economic projects for our community.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch featured the Black Power Blueprint on the front page of its Sunday, November 29, 2020 edition.
This fall, Building Black Bed-Stuy, a new fundraising organization launched a creative, dynamic crowdfunding campaign to raise resources for the Black Power Blueprint!
Read the story on Vogue.com: ‘The Vibe Is About Celebrating Blackness’: Meet the Women Behind Building Black Bed-Stuy