In 2013, MCU joined with several other community organizations dedicated to racial equity in the workplace and signed a historic community benefits agreement or CBA with the Metropolitan Sewer District or MSD. The CBA was the result of an Environmental… Continue Reading
Your 2021 goals are important and deserve a real plan. Let’s do it together! That’s what a Pride is for: getting every woman to her goal. On February 18, we meet to follow up on all our goal setting and follow up… Continue Reading
Metropolitan Congregations United(MCU) has issued a statement calling for the resignation of Junior Missouri Senator Josh Hawley. MCU joins hundreds of organizations across the country demanding swift accountability for the instigators of the invasion of the United States Capital on Wednesday, January 6. Continue Reading
At a virtual rally on Thursday, December 10, MCU’s Juvenile Justice Task Force, the Family Partners leaders and Campaign for Juvenile Justice brought attention to implementation of the Raise the Age Bill. This bill, passed in 2018, raise that age… Continue Reading
Join EXPO-STL for a protest Thursday, December 17, 11:45pm at Dismas House, 5025 Cote Brilliante Ave, 63113. EXPO-STL is Ex-incarcerated People Organizing and they know first-hand the issues faced by people returning to the community after prison. When the Federal government… Continue Reading
On January 1, 2012, Missouri will join 45 other states that have “Raised the Age” of juvenile jurisdiction. In 2018 MCU worked to successfully pass Raise The Age. It changed the law on the age at which a youth is… Continue Reading
We are in the final days before the election. They are critical. Right now, based on the people we have been talking to there are more “No on 3” votes out there than yes votes. That’s great but….We also know… Continue Reading
Members of EXPO(EX-incarcerated People Organizing) and Our Lives Matter staged a protest in front of the Missouri governor’s mansion on Thursday, October 15. They were drawing attention to Governor Parson’s disregard for the prison population suffering from COVID-19. EXPO members… Continue Reading
Topic: How Housing for ex-incarcerated people effect the community as a whole. Join the discussion as we explore housing as a basic necessity for a stable life. Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 6pm Join Expo-StL on December 9th 6:00 pm as… Continue Reading
Expo ( Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing) and Our Lives Matter has partnered for a Call of Action to address the dehumanizing and inhumane conditions of MDOC. Join us on October 15 to fight for people in MO Department of Corrections who cannot fight for themselves. Continue Reading
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