the North Campus with a world-class education and an enriching childhood experience so that they will ultimately lift themselves and their families out of poverty. French is both the founder and President of the organization, coordinating multiple sites of student services. In 2015, the IRS stripped North Campus Partnership, an organization created by French, of its nonprofit status for failing to file annual tax returns. The status was subsequently fully reinstated retroactively. Ferguson involvement In 2014, French gained national visibility for his role in documenting protests over the shooting of Michael Brown, for which he was arrested. French was among the first of elected officials involved in the Ferguson protests, acting as social media-/photo-journalist and mediator. Personal life French's wife, Jasenka, is a Bosnian immigrant who came to the United States with her family as a refugee of the Bosnian War. References External links Official profile Members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen Missouri Democrats Living people 1977 births African-American people in Missouri politics 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people