June 13, 2019
Brittany Packnett, advocate, activist, educator, and writer who works tirelessly to achieve a society that empowers everyone, has committed her life to justice as: an appointed member of the Ferguson Commission; a member of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing; a co-founder of Campaign Zero, a policy platform to end police violence; a Fall 2018 Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics; and Teach for America’s vice president of National Community Alliances. Ms. Packnett spoke with Shirley Washington, an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and native St. Louisan. In addition to being a Fox 2 news anchor, she hosts The Pulse of St. Louis and is the author of The Motherhood Club. The program was held at The Ethical Society of St. Louis and co-hosted by the Tuesday Women's Club of The Ethical Society.