Because all blood is red...
A Red Circle is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in North St. Louis County, founded in 2017, as part of the Ferguson movement in the aftermath of the killing of Mike Brown, to address racial and economic disparities in historically underserved communities. With a mission centered on food access, education, community wellness, and the arts, A Red Circle develops sustainable, community-based solutions that strengthen families and restore legacy.
January 2025 Midwest EJ Network January Partner Highlight: A Red Circle Click here to read.
March 2025 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: North County nonprofit fights back against grant losses with bold new initiatives. Click here to read.
Fortune Magazine: “The Trump administration’s abrupt federal grant cuts have made their way to Sesame Street—and they risk pulling the rug out from under children.” Click here to read.
April 2025 New National Food Policy Report Offers Real World Food Justice Model As Federal Cuts Hit Schools Click here to read on EIN , or Click here to read on Fox2News Click to here to read on Missouri Politics Today
March 2024 More than $3 million rewarded to 21 organizations that serve St. Louis County and the region including A Red Circle. Click here to learn more. April 2024 Erica Williams featured on the Mortgage & Real Estate Podcast by Pinnacle "TAKE A CHANCE, MAKE A MOVE, REACH FOR AUDACIOUS GOALS" Click now to listen May 2024 A Red Circle Healthy Community Market 2024 season was featured in St. Louis Community News Magazine. Click to view the feature on page 2! Common Reader: "The More St. Louis Changes, the More It Remains the Same": The people and predilections of Black migration from St. Louis. Click to read June 2024 Our 2024 Pig Roast was covered by LaDue News. Click here to read. July 2024 Featured on page 18 of "the pulse" newspaper August 2024 West Florissant Avenue burned in the 2014 Ferguson unrest. Its recovery has been uneven
KSDK: 'Growing food in a disinvested area is an act of liberation': Fresh food initiative expanding in north St. Louis County A Red Circle founder Erica Williams recognized as PLACE changemaker
On June 3rd, A Red Circle dedicated the building for the North County Community Nexus to the community. Read the featured article in the St. Louis American here. A Red Circle is featured in the article "Decades of Damage: the origins of food insecurity in St. Louis today" in Feast Magazine. Click here to read the article. Erica Williams was recently recognized by Community Builders Network STL. Read more here. Thanks to the generosity and trust of Chairwoman Shalonda Webb of St. Louis County, A Red Circle will receive $350,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to support Black farmers in Council District 4! Read more here in an article by St. Louis Public Radio. "A New Food Retailer, People’s Harvest Community Grocery Store, to Expand Healthy Food Access in North County"- Reinvestment Fund Impact Story . Read more here Fall 2023November 2023, MU Extension will be working with local St. Louis Metropolitan region. Which will help focus on teaching socially disadvantaged beginning farmers, military veterans and veteran farmers with disabilities served by the Missouri Agriculture Project. "The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded the University of Missouri a $676,784 grant to break down barriers for beginning farmers and ranchers in the St. Louis metropolitan region." -MU Extension Read more here December 2023Check out A Red Circle's article in Terrain Magazine! Click on the link to see what A Red Circle has been up to. Read Article Here
