Guest blog post by Kelly Bono, Spring 2023 Environmental Justice Intern “We can improve outcomes for people by caring for our environment. We just have to dig in.” -Kelly As a social justice advocate that also happens to study ecosystems, I’m very interested in how human social systems, the natural environment and the built environment […]

“I organize because I found the support my family needed from organizers.” -Karmahn Karmahn first became involved with MCU by receiving support from MCU's #BTP Campaign for her family as an impacted parent. She quickly grew into a leader with congregation-based voter engagement work on the Sacred Votes Campaign in 2020. As her leadership grew, […]

Should there be a new youth prison built or should there be a rebuilding of how we handle the school to prison pipeline? The facility proposed in north St. Louis will increase the city's capacity to house youth even as the Hogan Street facility sits more than half empty. Can we reimagine using some of […]