The Community Action Agency of St. Louis County, is a poverty fighting nonprofit that has been serving St. Louis county residents for 53 years, as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s , “War on Poverty,” initiative that was headed by the late Sargent Shriver. ——

Cenia Bosman, President and CEO, joins Tangazo cohost Tim Person and social justice activist, Reverend Darryl Gregory Gray, to talk about her agency’s history and commitment to helping to eradicate poverty in St. Louis County. ——

Also joining us is poverty expert, Dr. Adam Green PhD. Associate Professor of American History at the University of Chicago, a longtime collaborator of the Sargent Shriver Peace Institute and leading the efforts to edit and annotate the forthcoming memoir by Sargent Shriver, “We Called It a War.” The memoir outlines Sargent Shrivers efforts to lead the War on Poverty, declared by President Johnson in 1964. ——

Dr. Green, will be the keynote speaker at the Community Action Agency of St. Louis County’s, 7th Annual “Doors of Opportunity” fundraising Gala titled Blue Suits and Bling,” scheduled for Thursday October 13th, at Orlando’s in Maryland Heights. In addition to dinner there will be auctions and live entertainment by the legendary Bosman Twins. ——

The discussion on this episode of Tangazo, is both interesting and informative with a historical perspective, on the Community Action Agency of St. Louis County, continuing efforts to eliminate poverty under the leadership, of its CEO Cenia Bosman. ——

For more information on the various services available at the Community Action Agency of St. Louis County and it’s 7th Annual “Doors of Opportunity” Gala, you may visit their website at www.caastlc.org/ ——

Tickets may be purchased at: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/7th-annual-doors-of-opportunity-gala-tickets-389702579907 314 863 0015 www.caastlc.org