St. Louis Voices

Our media coordinator Elyse Vesser is starting a new PEP podcast called “St. Louis Voices“, where she will sit down with social justice leaders, community members, and organizers from around the city to talk about various local and national issues each week.

For the first installment she sat down with Chris Worth, a grassroots community organizer from Paraquad . They talked about Chris’s work, and how to tap into the untapped strength of the disability rights movement and grow power both inside and outside of it. Here is their conversation:

Resources:

Read Chris’s article, “Tap the disability rights movement’s untapped power”.

Chris is also a talented artist. You can find his work here.

If you or your organization would like to be a part of St. Louis Voices, you can email Elyse at ecvesser@gmail.com

*Intro/Outro music courtesy of longzijun

Katerina Canyon

Katerina Canyon serves as Executive Director of the Peace Economy Project, where she combines her passion for community advocacy, creative expression, and social justice to challenge militarization and uplift human-centered policy. Drawing on experience in tech, nonprofits, and international communication, she leads research and organizing focused on peace, accountability, and community investment. She is also a poet whose work explores trauma, resilience, and collective healing.