Please join Consumers Council for a fun wine tasting party, on June 27, 2025, to support our vision of building a more inclusive and equitable community for Missouri consumers who are low- and moderate-income.
The Annual Membership Meeting for Consumers Council of Missouri will be held April 25, 2025.
On October 27, 2024, Consumers Council hosted its annual fundraising event at the Exodus Gallery, bringing together supporters, advocates, and community leaders to celebrate the organization’s achievements. Pam Talley was honored with the Joyce Armstrong Award for her exceptional collaborative advocacy. As both a dedicated nurse and a leader in the Lewis Place/Fountain Park neighborhood, Ms. Talley has been a tireless advocate for creating a more equitable and inclusive environment for the residents of North St. Louis. Les Sterman received the Directors’ Award for his outstanding service as a board member of Consumers Council from 2015 to 2024. His leadership, dedication, and steadfast commitment to the organization’s mission have been integral to our success.
The evening also featured a keynote by Roger Colton, a prominent low-income water utility advocate, who spoke passionately about the need for affordable water rates to ensure all households have reliable access to safe water for health and hygiene. CCM board members and staff reflected on the organization’s accomplishments over the past year.
A special thank you to our Flagship Sponsor, Enterprise Bank and Trust, and our Champion Consumer Sponsors: FCB Banks, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Renew Missouri, William Siedhoff, Simmons Bank, and Dr. Ed Weisbart. We also extend our gratitude to the board members, staff, and guests whose contributions made this event a tremendous success.
Consumers Council’s 2024 Fall Fundraiser, “Building Equity and Healthy Communities” will be held on October 27, 2024 from 4 – 6 pm at the Exodus Galleries, 5075 Delmar Blvd. in St. Louis. Beer, wine, soft drinks, and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.
It’s that time of year again. Our TVs are full of corporate ads for Medicare Advantage. They promise “zero premiums,” “hearing and vision,” “free dental,” and more. You or your parents are about to make a major decision, one that will impact your personal health and finances for years to come. We at Consumers Council have nothing to sell you, so we can help you look behind the ads and biased brokers to really understand your decision.
Event Details
Date and Time: September 16, 2024 at 7:00pm
Location: Zoom — All registrants will receive a Zoom link following registration for this event.
Cost: There is no charge for this event.
About the presenter:
Ed Weisbart, MD, is vice-president of Consumers Council of Missouri, a non-profit organization that works to build a more inclusive and equitable community through advocacy, coalition building, collaboration, and community education.
He is also the national board secretary and MO chapter chair of Physicians for a National Health Program, a non-profit non-partisan organization of more than 25,000 physicians and other healthcare advocates in support of a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health insurance program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans.
Dr. Weisbart received his medical degree at the University of Illinois in Chicago in 1979, and completed his family medicine residency and a fellowship in family medicine education at Michigan State University in 1982. After practicing family medicine for 20 years at Rush Medical Center in Chicago, he moved to St. Louis in 2003 to serve as chief medical officer of Express Scripts until retiring in 2010. He volunteered as an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, MO from 2004 until retiring clinically in 2021.
The Parker’s Table Wine Tasting event on June 14th is sold out! But you can still help support us by making an online donation or joining Consumers Council as a member.
Please join Consumers Council for a fun wine tasting party at Parker’s Table on June 14, 2024. Purchase tickets here!
At our October 29 2023 annual meeting, Consumers Council gave the prestigious Alberta Slavin award to Ollie Stewart, the unstoppable hardworking Executive Director of Southside Wellness. We also honored Joyce Armstrong, board member and co-founder of Consumers Council.
Not very often that we can go to an event honoring two fabulously inspirational women in their 90s.
The inimitable Ray Hartmann then did a rollicking good interview of Joyce in front of a packed crowd. A highlight of the interview was when Joyce told the crowd an origin story: In the 1960s, the housekeeper of one of our founders noted that grocery prices were higher in North St. Louis County than in the more upscale Clayton MO. That began a campaign to compare prices and put pressure on groceries for fairness and equity in the food chain. That successful campaign gave birth to what we know today as Consumers Council of Missouri!
Consumers Council’s 2023 Fall Fundraiser, “Building Equity and Healthy Communities” will be held on October 29, 2023 from 4 – 6 pm at the Ethical Society of St Louis, 9001 Clayton Rd., St Louis, MO 63117.
Consumers Council will honor Joyce Armstrong, board member and co-founder of Consumers Council.
The Alberta Slavin award will be given to Ollie Stewart, Executive Director of Southside Wellness Center.
Our program will be moderated by Ray Hartmann, Riverfront Times founder and former board member of Consumers Council.
Beer, wine, soft drinks, and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.
