Civic Café: Making sense of the Ferguson Uprising through community storytelling with St. Louis Public Radio

On Tuesday, Oct 1, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., the Gephardt Institute will host Chad Davis and Danny Wicentowski, Co-Producers of STLPR’s We Live Here: 10 Years After the Ferguson Uprising, to lead a Civic Skill Building Workshop about community storytelling.

About the topic:

In 2014, as Mike Brown’s killing and the Ferguson Uprising drew international attention to the St. Louis region, St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR) launched We Live Here, a podcast designed to bring real stories of St. Louisans to the rest of the world. We Live Here centered community stories and both shaped and translated St. Louis’s identity as a city. Ten years later, STLPR has launched an anniversary season of We Live Here to honor that history and reflect on where St. Louis is today.

We’ll learn about the role of local media in the Ferguson Uprising and gain tangible storytelling skills to help us be more informed and engaged community members.

About our guest speakers:

Chad Davis is the host and co-producer of We Live Here: 10 Years After the Ferguson Uprising. He’s a general assignment and arts reporter at St. Louis Public Radio, joining the station in 2017. His work has appeared in NPR, the St. Louis American, the 70 Million podcast and the Pulitzer Center. He enjoys tackling stories that touch on serious and complex topics that focus on personal experiences. Chad’s work has been recognized by organizations such as the Edward R. Murrow Awards, Missouri Broadcasters Association and the Society for Professional Journalists. Chad is a St. Louis area native and graduate of Truman State University. He is a huge hip- hop, r&b and pop music fan and enjoys graphic design, pop culture, film and comedy.

Danny Wicentowski joined St. Louis Public Radio in 2022 as a producer for St. Louis on the Air. Before making the jump to public radio, Danny worked for more than eight years as a staff writer for St. Louis’ alt-weekly the Riverfront Times, where his investigative and feature stories won multiple local and national awards. In 2020, he co-produced and hosted the podcast American Skyjacker, chronicling the life and crimes of plane hijacker Martin McNally. A native of Milwaukee, Danny graduated in 2013 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in journalism. He lives in Bevo Mill with a black cat and many notebooks.

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Civic Cafe is a weekly event series that occurs every Tuesday evening at Stix House, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Each night fits the theme of either a Skill Building session, Democracy Dinner, or Civic Storytelling event. Students of every level and discipline are invited to attend. Learn, eat, and meet other civically-minded individuals.