They were featured on KSDK this morning celebrating the sale of this historic building. It will undergo a redevelopment involving intentional historic preservation and MCU will assist in lifting up the historically African American Franklin School! The St. Charles County… Continue Reading
MCU’s Annual Membership Assembly, our annual business meeting, is every member congregation/organization’s opportunity for the coming year to shape MCU’s work of confronting systemic powers together to create a better St. Louis region. All are welcome, including interested non-member people,… Continue Reading
WE DID IT!! You helped turn our 26,000 signatures into law: Amendment 1 will create a more equitable democracy. Prop B will give 677,000 Missourians a raise. HERE are the complete results of Tuesday’s election. Read about Amendment 1 HERE Read about… Continue Reading
All our hard work paid off: signature collection, door knocking, phone calls, e-mails, face-to-face conversations…we did it all. And we pushed Amendment 1 and Prop B over the line. Building teams made the difference. What do they say: Many… Continue Reading
Moving Our Faith and Values Into Community: You Can (Phone) Bank on It! We’ve knocked on hundreds of doors informing people about Amendment 1 and Prop B; now we’re phone banking to GOTV (Get Out the Vote) and turn… Continue Reading
Here’s the latest dates to phone bank: October Tuesday 30th, 6-8PM at College Church, Lindel November Saturday 3rd, 1-4PM at the MCU Office Sunday 4th, 2-5PM at the MCU office with the Ethical Society of St. Louis Monday 5th, 5-8PM… Continue Reading
If we’ve learned anything, it’s that people like to talk about what’s going on in their lives. As we’ve been knocking on the doors the last couple of months, we’ve heard about people’s struggles with paying the rent, keeping cars… Continue Reading
Metropolitan Congregations United(MCU) broke new ground on Sunday, October 7 by announcing its intention to incorporate voter engagement in its signature Break the Pipeline campaign as well as begin the process of creating a rural/urban coalition with other organizations from… Continue Reading
From The St. Louis Post Dispatch: Four community meetings are set for Sunday around the region to focus on what’s being done to stem out-of-school suspensions and to more clearly define the role of school-resource officers. The “No More Sitting… Continue Reading
Tishaura O. Jones lays out a clear case for supporting Amendment 1 this November. Remember to vote Tuesday, November 6! You’ve heard me say it before: We have been disenfranchised and flat-out ignored for way too long. The rich and… Continue Reading