Every year we support a couple of bills in the Missouri General Assembly. These bills support aspects of our work on Break the Pipeline. Below are the bills we are currently supporting. We will update the progress of these bills,… Continue Reading
We’ve been talking about our children and trauma for awhile now. Here’s a report from the St. Louis Post Dispatch with more information. We must act now and not just read. The Crisis Within
Meet Ginny Schrappen 1. What is your congregation/organization? St. Francis Xavier College Church 2. How long have you been involved with MCU? 14 years 3. What was the first issue or activity you took part in? The abandoned intersection of… Continue Reading
All our hard work paid off: signature collection, door knocking, phone calls, e-mails, face-to-face conversations…we did it all. And we pushed Amendment 1 and Prop B over the line. Building teams made the difference. What do they say: Many… Continue Reading
Here’s the latest dates to phone bank: October Tuesday 30th, 6-8PM at College Church, Lindel November Saturday 3rd, 1-4PM at the MCU Office Sunday 4th, 2-5PM at the MCU office with the Ethical Society of St. Louis Monday 5th, 5-8PM… Continue Reading
If we’ve learned anything, it’s that people like to talk about what’s going on in their lives. As we’ve been knocking on the doors the last couple of months, we’ve heard about people’s struggles with paying the rent, keeping cars… Continue Reading
Metropolitan Congregations United(MCU) broke new ground on Sunday, October 7 by announcing its intention to incorporate voter engagement in its signature Break the Pipeline campaign as well as begin the process of creating a rural/urban coalition with other organizations from… Continue Reading