Thursday, June 4 at 4 PM is our free webinar with Faith for Justice and other St. Louis organizers. This is a training on how to aid and assist, and know your role during a protest. The Zoom “room” is… Continue Reading
Municipal Elections on Tuesday, June 2: School Board and More! Voting, particularly in local elections, shapes our communities. On Tuesday, June 2 serveral school boards and city governments will elect new or retain current members. There are bond issues on some of… Continue Reading
The Missouri legislature has shown its shameless love of unfair maps through SJR38, a bill that would strip Amendment 1 / Clean Missouri bare and cancel your vote! We must act NOW and TOGETHER to defeat this dirty Missouri bill! THURSDAY,… Continue Reading
Metropolitan Congregations United (MCU) EX-incarcerated People Organizing-MO (EXPO-MO) and Campaign for Youth Justice (TCYJ) are staging a protest parade on May 8, at 5pm at the Division of Youth Service’s Hogan St. Center, 1839 Hogan St., St. Louis 63106. To RSVP text #freeouryouth to 31996 The protest is a call during this unprecedented health crisis… Continue Reading
Even with social distancing still in place, there’s still plenty going on. The people and institutions who make big decisions that affect us all are still active and are not always making decisions in our best interests, so we must… Continue Reading
On April 30, 2020 MCU will host Protecting Our People – Raising Our Voice, a virtual meeting acting on the impact COVID-19 has on our election, incarcerated youth and adults, and the census. REGISTER HERE We, the families and friends… Continue Reading
Father Rich Creason died last night. And while we can truly comfort ourselves with other phrases (He went to see Jesus … on to Glory … to live with the Saints…), I’m feeling the finality and loss of death. He… Continue Reading
The MCU Juvenile Justice Task Force and the Missouri State Public Defender Children’s Defense Team co-authored a letter to administrators and judges of the 21st and 22nd Judicial Circuit Courts, and leadership of the Missouri Department of Social and Youth… Continue Reading
Have you read the Open Letter that MCU and several other organizations have signed on to, calling for our city, county, and state officials and leaders to particularly consider at-risk populations in their response to the COVID-19 coronavirus? If you… Continue Reading
MCU, along with 18 other community organizations, has co-signed this open letter regarding the pending COVID-19 crisis and our concerns for specific marginalized groups. We are hopeful that our state and local leaders take the steps outlined in it for… Continue Reading