Year-End Appeal 2024: Honoring the past. Impacting the present. Building the future.
Blake’s Letter Client story: Sheila Garcia Social Media Posts
read moreUnder the Arch: Season 5
ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, “Under The Arch.” Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action...
read moreDefund ShotSpotter: A Community Toolkit
A Community Toolkit that explores the need to defund the surveillance technology used by SLMPD.
read more2023-2024 Annual Report
A special edition celebrating 15 years of holistic legal advocacy and highlighting key moments from 2023 to 2024
read more2024 Municipal Courts White Paper | In the Rearview Mirror: St. Louis’s Municipal Courts After a Decade of Reform and Regress
In 2013, the municipal courts of St. Louis City and County collected $61,152,087 in fines and fees, 46% of the statewide total despite being home to only 22% of...
read moreYear-End Appeal 2023: We Go the Distance
Blake’s Letter Client postcard Social Media posts Blog post
read moreExpungement Program at ArchCity Defenders
Staff Attorney Brittany Shaw explains the new expungement program ACD is running.
read moreArchCity Defenders: Defending the Human Right to Housing
ACD Staff Members and clients speak on how ACD fights housing inequality in St. Louis.
read more2015 ACD Report: It’s Not Just Ferguson: Consolidate the Municipal Courts
This 2015 report by ACD shows general trends in court practices and police conduct across St. Louis County municipalities and offers a series of potential reforms.
read more2014 ACD Report: Municipal Courts Whitepaper
This 2014 ACD report highlighted racial disparities in traffic stops, excessive revenue generation, and excessive warrants and arrests. It confirms the lived experiences of poor and Black people in...
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