2018 Newsmakers: Jeremy Ferguson

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Jeremy Ferguson says he and his wife Raelenna Ferguson began having a stirring in their hearts for people, service opportunities and community nearly a decade ago. Through overseas mission work, being foster parents and participating in other community endeavors, they began to notice racial, socioeconomic and geographic divides in their Cape Girardeau community. Jeremy says he realized he lived in the same community, went to the same parks and grocery stores and his kids went to the same schools as other people within the community, yet he didn’t really know his neighbors. He noticed, too, that many times these barriers were racially- or economically-based.

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