Movers and shapers: 10 St. Louis leaders share insights on how things get done

We extend our thanks to STL Magazine for highlighting Dream Builders 4 Equity in their Movers and Shapers feature: “Influential St. Louisans reflect on where their fields are going, how they define success, and the barriers that stand in the way.”

“This [pandemic] has been a true struggle for everyone involved, but one of the bright spots of 2020 was that people actually started paying attention to Black-led organizations, Dream Builders being one of them. Our organization has actually grown through this. Typically, with Dream Builders, we will do one property per year, and we will have a cohort of 15 young people whom we work with, but in 2020, we purchased around five properties. Plus, we have about 50 residents who we were doing free lawn care service for, and we invested about $50,000 into home renovations. We’re starting to scale. I want to thank the community, but I’m asking people to not just let this be a trend for 2020.” - Michael Woods