TODAY ON GOING BEYOND…

Chris Krehmeyer with Reverend Starsky Wilson, Pastor of Saint John's Church (The Beloved Community) and President & CEO of Deaconess Foundation.

A deeper conversation to discuss where the mindset of this community is with Ferguson at the forefront.

Listen and join this conversation to hear:

•How the Michael Brown tragedy could be considered an example of State sponsored violence.

•Although its necessary to discuss in depth the obvious issues surrounding this incident, there are much wider issues that we must not lose focus of – there is a much bigger picture.

•Scratching the surface of this issue stirs up the delicate subject of racism and segregation.

•Lack of civic and community planning is very evident in Ferguson, which can be interpreted as an example of the current state of the entire St. Louis county.

•How an approach should be found to not just treat the incidents that sparked off this current unrest, but rather a solution to treat the cause – which plain and simple can be interpreted as being racially based disparity.

• The positive changes in the community leadership, which is morphing from personality lead to situation led leadership.

•Rev. Starsky’s innovative idea on what leadership should become in the future based on his current experiences in Ferguson and Missouri as a whole.

•The first step is a simple affirmation between two people which can lead on to more critical affirmations in organizations and communities.

•The critical step to a high level leadership is strategy.

•How the fundamental step that everyone can take is to join a church, a mosque or in fact – any organization to help push Ferguson onto the main stream agenda.