MCU Staff, Author at Metropolitan Congregations United

Dancing in the Streets Gala

April 11, 2022MCU Staff

2022 MCU Fundraiser and Gala —
The sunshine has returned, and as we feel it warming our skin and filling our souls we want to get back out there. We want to get back into the streets to celebrate you and me and the progress we’ve made despite the isolation and uncertainty. Let’s celebrate the hope that’s coloring our world again. Join us to turn our mourning into dancing. Dancing in the streets!

May 19, 2022, 6:30 pm at The Polish Heritage Center Continue Reading →

Work and Economic Equity: Community Benefits Agreement with MSD

April 21, 2021MCU Staff

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 →

St. Louis Pride: Ntosake Women Gathering for Success!

February 15, 2021MCU Staff

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 →

Statement on the Removal of Senator Josh Hawley

January 13, 2021MCU Staff

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 →

Save the Bill, Save Our Youth

December 13, 2020MCU Staff

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 →

Call to Action for EXPO-STL at Dismas House

December 13, 2020MCU Staff

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 →

December Rally for Raise The Age

December 3, 2020MCU Staff

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 →

Phone Banking: Share the Facts and Win No on 3!

October 22, 2020MCU Staff

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 →

EXPO Rallys… Can Gov. Parson Hear Them: We Are Not Our Mistakes!

October 19, 2020MCU Staff

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 →

EXPO Virtual Discussion

October 11, 2020MCU Staff

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 →

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Join us for our Spring Gala Dancing in the Streets

May 19, 2022, 6:30 pmThe Polish Heritage Center1413 N 20th StreetSt. Louis, MO 63106

Join us for our Spring Gala
Dancing in the Streets

May 19, 2022, 6:30 pm
The Polish Heritage Center
1413 N 20th Street
St. Louis, MO 63106