The Confluence Collaborative lifts community voices and focuses on community-identified needs. We consult with community partners to identify how scholarship can elevate the community-engaged work taking place in St. Louis.

Activities 

Community Collaborative

The Community Collaborative brings together community partners to guide the Confluence Collaborative’s engagement efforts in ways that are accountable to the communities we serve. Learn more about the Community Collaborative here.

Community Partner Inquiries

The Confluence Collaborative values authentic, community-centered partnerships. Please fill out this form to schedule a meeting with our team to share more about your organization and explore how we can work together to advance shared goals and community impact.

Community Partner Training and Education

Our office hosts workshops throughout the year to support the needs of non-profit partners who are interested in getting involved with community-engaged scholarship. This training spans an array of capacity-building topics, including:

  • Grant Writing & Funding Strategy
  • Program Evaluation & Measuring Impact
  • Data for Nonprofits
  • Building Equitable Academic-Community Partnerships
  • Preparing for Strategic Planning
  • Communications & Storytelling for Impact
  • Leadership & Staff Development
  • Community-Based Participatory Research

Upcoming Community Partner Events

Featured Community Partner Stories

Substance use recovery through ministry, a conversation with Dr. Leslie Johnson Moore of Jubilee Community Church  
Community Partnerships

Substance use recovery through ministry, a conversation with Dr. Leslie Johnson Moore of Jubilee Community Church  

Dr. Leslie Johnson Moore serves as the First Lady of Jubilee Community Church in St. Louis. Dr. Johnson Moore spoke with the Confluence Collaborative about the Church’s substance use recovery ministry that has grown into a network of homes, mentorship, and wraparound care for men rebuilding their lives after addiction and homelessness. Dr. Johnson Moore also spoke about her partnership with […]

Addressing the Opioid Crisis Through Data, Language Access, and Collaboration — a Q&A with Sal Valadez
Community Partnerships

Addressing the Opioid Crisis Through Data, Language Access, and Collaboration — a Q&A with Sal Valadez

Sal Valadez, a member of the Community Collaborative, sat down with the Confluence Collaborative to discuss how the Ethnic Community Opioid Response Network–Missouri (ECORN-MO) advocates for multilingual resources, disaggregated demographic data, community engagement, and public health collaboration to address the needs of communities often left out of opioid response efforts.  ECORN-MO is a certified Missouri […]

Community Partners in Action

Aja La’Starr Owens, a St. Louis literacy advocate, participating in a Community Collaborative meeting.
Lannis Hall, MD, MPH, teaching students through her project: “Empowering Young Women Through Breast Health Education: A Partnership with Siteman Cancer Center and Hazelwood School District”
Dr. Cheryl Harris, Interim Superintendent of the Normandy Schools Collaborative in St. Louis, contributes her approach to a Community Collaborative meeting.
Community and academic partners engage in a conversation about community-engaged scholarship.
Marissa Hardwrict, the Community Partnerships and Practice Manager, speaks to an attendee at a Community Collaborative Café.

For more information, please email Marissa Hardwrict, PhD, our Community Partnerships and Practice Manager:

 “Community engagement is more than a process, it is a commitment to building relationships, sharing knowledge, and creating opportunities for communities and institutions to learn, grow, and thrive together.”

Marissa Hardwrict, PhD, Community Partnerships and Practice Manager 
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