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Five reasons to Invest in MCU
Tuesday, December 3 in Giving Tuesday. Here are five reasons to include Metropolitan Congregations United in your seasonal giving. Continue Reading
When They #SeeUsSTL: We All Win When We Come Together
The congregations of Metropolitan Congregations United (MCU) gained important agreements from St. Louis City and St. Louis County officials at their public meeting on Sunday, November 3 at Vashon High School. Both St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell and St.… Continue Reading
For Our Future Rally
Thursday, August 29, 4:00pm at City Hall, 1200 Market Street This event is open to all, please share. This is not a trivial or symbolic issue. Our communities are crying out for freedom and resources. The Workhouse steals both. The money… Continue Reading
Suspensions, role of school-resource officers to be focus of four community meetings Sunday
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
Amendment 1 Puts Voters Before Lobbyists in Jefferson City
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
Missouri superintendents ‘floored’ by lawmaker’s plans to change K-12 education funding
From an article by Tony Messenger in the St. Louis Post Dispatch: Two years ago, Missouri lawmakers got tired of being told year after year that they were underfunding education. The state has consistently been in the bottom third in… Continue Reading
Meeting Our Neighbors…Sharing Our Issues
4 Meetings, 4 Districts. One is near YOU! Join us with a crew from your church or your neighborhood to knock doors and talk to our neighbors about CLEAN and RUM! We will provide a brief training on how to… Continue Reading
Something is Wrong — Letter to the Editor, St. Louis American
“Something Is Wrong” On February 8, of this year the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI) held a collaborative meeting. Our youth are being sent to detention instead of in class. Something is wrong. Jessica Karins writes that the disparities in… Continue Reading
MCU Going Public and Making Money Training
Don’t forget about the coming training day on Saturday, June 2. It’s that time: Public Meeting Planning! We’ll form our teams and create great events for October 7. We’ll be creating the agenda, the communications, the logistics, the staging, looking… Continue Reading