Activist Finds Her Voice While Supporting Her Community During Ferguson Protests

    LaShell Eikerenkoetter’s life began to change on Aug. 9, 2014, the day Michael Brown was killed by a Ferguson police officer. During the protests in Ferguson, she emerged as a leader of the movement. Eikerenkoetter is now an active civil rights activist in St. Louis known as ‘Ohun Ashe’, recently launching a website supporting black-owned businesses. For more on the story about the website, For The Culture STL, watch: https://hecmedia.org/posts/lifting-black-owned-restaurants-in-st-louis-with-a-website-launched-by-a-st-louis-activist