Some ideas for next time:

What about inviting folks from the _St. Louis Argus_ (an actual people's paper as opposed to the conservative _American_)? African-American bloggers?

Also, there are dozens of opinionated African-American radio broadcasters in St. Louis who would have attended had they known. Lizz Brown is far to the right of many of these people -- let's get them involved.

Of course, freepress is to blame for the failur eto include. But so is the "southside" activist scene, which is resolutely white.