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About A Red Circle
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.
Media Coverage & Achievements
2025
January 2025 Midwest EJ Network January Partner Highlight: A Red Circle Click here to read.
March 2025St. 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 2025New National Food Policy Report Offers Real World Food Justice Model As Federal Cuts Hit Schools Click here to read on EIN , or
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A Red Circle Opens Creative Spot in Ferguson: A Youth Arts & Wellness Center Rooted in Restoration. Click here to read.
Erica Williams gives her expertise for Martha Stewart Magazine. Read the article here. “How to Keep Squirrels Out of Your Fruit Trees Once and For All, According to Experts.”
A Red Circle brings ‘Good Food Friday’ to North County. Click here to read.
May 2025Community leaders in MO take action amid threats to SNAP benefits. Click here to read.
St. Louis County nonprofit says federal funding cuts have halted its plans to expand. Click here to read.
AARP: Why Majority of Retirees and Seniors Are Missing Out on SNAP Food Benefits. Click here to read.
June 2025A Red Circle nonprofit offers urgent food policy solutions amid inflation, potential federal cuts. Click here to listen.
2024
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
2023
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.
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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
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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.
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2022
STL Public Radio interviewed Erica about the plans for our community grocery store. Read and listen here.
KSDK did a segment on the upcoming grocery store.Watch and read here!
The North County Agricultural Education Center, A Red Circle’s urban farm, was featured in a beautiful article in St. Louis Magazine! Read it here.
St. Louis Community College celebrated 60 years and Erica was a featured alum in this story!
Erica was featured in the Wallace Center‘s Food Systems Leadership Network anthology titled: Willful wildflowers: journeys and dreams from food systems leaders.
Robert Townsend of KSDK featured A Red Circle at the North County Agricultural Education Center for Good Food Friday! Watch and read here!
2021
KSDK interviewed Erica about the Healthy Flavor Community Garden. Watch it here!
St. Louis County named A Red Circle a recipient of their Children’s Service Fund. Read the Grassroots Award Press Release here.
Be The Change magazine, Fall 2021. Find us on page 22.
Missouri EATs helps communities strengthen local food systems. Read more here.
2020
The Association of Fundraising Professionals profiled Erica Williams in its September blog. Read the interview here.
A Red Circle was recently featured in a blog from Green the Church about the North County Agriculture Education Center, titledA Red Circle Promotes Community in North St. Louis County
Erica Williams’ alma mater Maryville University featured her in its Spring, 2020 magazine! Enjoy reading about how she is Shaking Up North County!
How to do a food demo for 95 in a pandemic highlights the work of Missouri University Extension and Beyond Housing to introduce the North County Agricultural Education Center to residents in Pine Lawn, Missouri, with the challenge of quarantine.
Executive Director Erica Williams was interviewed for the podcast We Live Here on April 30, 2020. The topic is Food Security During Covid-19. Enjoy and join in the action to increase healthy food access in North St. Louis County.
Please enjoy this great article from writer Mia Turner of St. Louis Partnership, which highlights A Red Circle’s work in North St. Louis County.
We are pleased to be included in this list of recipients to address holistic living with new moms at Jamaa Birth Village in Ferguson, Missouri. Read more about our program and the other recipients here.
2019
See the article posted by Missourinet titled, “Missouri Department of Agriculture gives grants to projects in “food deserts” around state, which includes A Red Circle’s North County Agricultural Education Center!
St. Louis Public Radio interview about school district boundaries and racial equity in education.
Erica Williams participated on a panel discussion about voting suppression tactics and provided practical ways that community organizations can get involved. Read more about the event.
Read about Ignite Missouri, an event powered by A Red Circle, to increase opportunity for Blacks and other minorities in Missouri’s cannabis industry!
St. Louis Public Radio did a piece titled, “With Stores Gone, Farmers Market to Fill Void in North St. Louis Food Desert”, to highlight our Healthy Community Market! Check it out here.
A Red Circle received the What’s Right With the Region Award! Read about the award and the Emerging Initiatives category here.
2017
KMOV conducted our first on-camera interview about our Education Advocacy Coalition in July, 2017!
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