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Consumers Council of Missouri Fall Fundraiser – October 5, 2025

Consumers Council’s 2025 Annual Fundraiser, “Building Equity and Healthy Communities”, will be held on October 5, 2025 from 4:00 – 6:00pm at the Phyllis Wheatley Heritage Center, 2711 Locust St., St. Louis, MO 63103.

Celebrate an evening of impact and inspiration as we honor outstanding champions of consumer advocacy in our community. Join us in recognizing the strength of collective action and supporting the vital work that protects and empowers Missouri consumers.

Our keynote speaker this year will be LJ Punch, MD, who will speak on what the May 16th tornado and recovery efforts have revealed about building equity and healthy communities in St Louis. Active in Ferguson and the tornado-impacted areas, Dr. Punch describes himself as a human, parent, partner, and trauma surgeon dedicated to community healing.

Ruth Ehresman will receive the Alberta Slavin Award.

Bernie Hayes will receive the Joyce Armstrong Award.

Ed Weisbart, MD, will receive the Directors’ Award.

Beer, wine, soft drinks, and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Convenient parking is available in lots adjacent to the event location and on the street.

Online registration for this event is now closed. For information regarding ticket availability, please contact info@moconsumers.org.

Sponsorships

Make a lasting impact by sponsoring Building Equity and Healthy Communities! Join us in supporting Consumers Council while enjoying a memorable evening. As a sponsor, you’ll receive  exclusive recognition opportunities. For sponsorship opportunities, see below.

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For more information, and to register for this free event, please visit this EventBrite link:

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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. 


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