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06/12/2026

know that frontline staff possess valuable insights, but how can they tap into the wisdom of street-level ?

Join us June 22 to explore useful tools for discovering insights from staff at all levels.

"Welcome to the (Data) Party!"
🗓️ June 22
🕥 10:30-noon (central U.S.)
💻 Zoom
➡️ RSVP: https://csd.wustl.edu/data-party-62226/

SPEAKERS
🔹Allison K. Holmes, Researcher, Evaluator, and Co-Author of "Data Party: You Can Transform Your Nonprofit Organization With Data"
🔹Amber Lewis, Principal Evaluator, Kindling Insights
🔹Kameke Payne, Director of Operations, Urban Strategies, Inc.
🔹Karrie Simpson, Data Strategy Manager, Operation Food Search
🔹T’Pring R. Westbrook, Researcher, Evaluator, and Co-Author of "Data Party: You Can Transform Your Nonprofit Organization With Data"
🔹Sue Zerbe, Manager of Analysis and Impact, Home Works

This event is organized and hosted by Data for Social Impact, an initiative of the Center for Social Development. Data for Social Impact builds data capacity and collaboration among social sector organizations working to increase impact for and with the communities they serve. By being more strategic in how they engage with data, organizations have an opportunity to advance their missions, increase impact and promote equitable outcomes. The Center for Social Development offers free programming opportunities for social sector organizations seeking to build capacity in these areas in the St. Louis region and beyond. Data for Social Impact is supported by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and built in collaboration with an advisory committee, the Community Innovation and Action Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, and data.org.

Come join the conversation!

06/12/2026

How can tap into frontline staff's deep knowledge of the community they serve? Join us June 22 to learn about tools for capturing those insights.

"Welcome to the (Data) Party!"
🗓️June 22
🕥10:30-noon (central U.S.)
💻Zoom
➡️RSVP: https://csd.wustl.edu/data-party-62226/

SPEAKERS
🔹Allison K. Holmes, Researcher, Evaluator, and Co-Author of "Data Party: You Can Transform Your Nonprofit Organization With Data"
🔹Amber Lewis, Principal Evaluator, Kindling Insights
🔹Kameke Payne, Director of Operations, Urban Strategies, Inc.
🔹Karrie Simpson, Data Strategy Manager, Operation Food Search
🔹T’Pring R. Westbrook, Researcher, Evaluator, and Co-Author of "Data Party: You Can Transform Your Nonprofit Organization With Data"
🔹Sue Zerbe, Manager of Analysis and Impact, Home Works

This event is organized and hosted by Data for Social Impact, an initiative of the Center for Social Development. Data for Social Impact builds data capacity and collaboration among social sector organizations working to increase impact for and with the communities they serve. By being more strategic in how they engage with data, organizations have an opportunity to advance their missions, increase impact and promote equitable outcomes. The Center for Social Development offers free programming opportunities for social sector organizations seeking to build capacity in these areas in the St. Louis region and beyond. Data for Social Impact is supported by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and built in collaboration with an advisory committee, the Community Innovation and Action Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, and data.org.

Come join the conversation!

Photos from Percorsi di Secondo Welfare's post 06/10/2026

Percorsi di Secondo Welfare's Paolo Riva spoke with CSD founder and Co-Director Michael Sherraden. In the 35 years since Sherraden's "Assets and the Poor" introduced asset building, the concept has become an increasingly influential perspective for rethinking welfare. Read Riva's coverage!

Food is Medicine: Policy and Program Innovation in St. Louis 06/09/2026

♦️1 week from today!
Interest in the June 16 event has been so strong that in-person registration is full and a Zoom option has been added. Register now to save your spot for a special conversation on the St. Louis FIM ecosystem, emerging innovations, opportunities for collaboration, and ways to broaden impact.

"Food is Medicine: Policy and Program Innovation in St. Louis"
🗓️ Tuesday, June 16
🕣 8:30–10:00 AM
🔗Zoom
➡️ Register: https://clarkfoxpolicyinstitute.wustl.edu/food-is-medicine-policy-and-program-innovation-in-st-louis/

SPEAKERS
🔹 Brittany Jones is the Director of Community Driven Innovation and Racial Equity Initiatives at the St. Louis Integrated Health Network.
🔹 Sydney Gosik, MPH, MSW is the Director of Programs at Food Outreach.
🔹 Natasha Woodard leads the Nourishing Healthy Starts program at Operation Food Search.
🔹 Amanda Berry is the Food Security Policy Manager at Empower Missouri.
🔹 Mark Huffman, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, is the William Bowen Professor of Medicine, Professor of Public Health, and Co-Director of the Global Health Center and Global Health Futures Research Network at WashU.
🔹 Dan Ferris is an Associate Professor of Practice at the WashU Brown School, Senior Policy Fellow at the Clark-Fox Policy Institute, and Co-Director of Policy Education and Practice at the Center for Social Development.

This event is co-sponsored by the Clark-Fox Policy Institute, Center for Social Development, Confluence Collaborative for Community Engagement, Public Exchange, Center for Diabetes Translation Research, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, and the WashU Bursky School of Public Health’s Food and Agriculture Research Mission (FARM).

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