From the front page of the Ferguson Commission website
Earlier Monday morning, the first report from the nonpartisan Ferguson Commission was released. From pretty much the first page until the very end, the report surprised me. This is more a reflection of what may be my growing skepticism that smart and productive dialogue is even possible in America right now than anything else, but I really love and respect this report.
In November 2014, embattled Missouri Governor Jay Nixon formed a group of sixteen diverse leaders who all loved St. Louis, but experienced it in very different ways. For nearly a year, they met not only with one another, but with a plethora of stakeholders and community members throughout the city to help diagnose what truly ills St. Louis and to chart a path forward. This report is a product of that process and is so damn good that it should absolutely serve as a model for how this work should happen moving forward.
Wow.
The implementation phase is set to begin at the top of 2016.
Read the report online here or see the version I embedded below.
For even more information on the report, regular updates, and details on what's next, visit here.
The Ferguson Commission Report from September 14th