Hazel Erby

Career Before Erby was elected to the St. Louis County council in 2004, she was president of the Parent Teacher Organization of several schools in University City and a Democratic committeewoman of the University Township. She also worked as the executive director for the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse, site director for the Caring Communities Program at Barbara C. Jordan School in University City, and founder of TAP City Program in University City, the program that paired teenagers with senior citizens to assist the seniors with errands and chores. She was a member of the National Council of Negro Women and a board member of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. She represented the first district, which includes Ferguson, Missouri. and later became a leader of the Fannie Lou Hamer Coalition, a political advocacy group composed of Black elected officials. In October 2020, she filed a whistleblower lawsuit and an employment discrimination claim against the county, After her death, she was described as one of the "Matriarchs of Black Politics" in St. Louis by St. Louis Public Radio.

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