Welcome New Staff Member
Welcome new staff member, Dana Kelly. Dana will be working with Demarco Davidson in developing and leading our Sacred Votes campaign. Look for Dana in your congregation this summer!!
News
What’s up in St. Louis, MCU, and the community
Sacred Votes: The welfare of the people shall be supreme law.
The Missouri Legislature closed on May 17 and the bills that we feared would wipe out our work on Amendment 1 and Prop B failed. That doesn’t mean our work and our votes are safe. Anti-Amendment 1 forces are gearing… Continue Reading
Vehicle Stop Report Proves Targeting
MCU Stands With Allies On June 1 the Attorney General of Missouri released the 19th annual Vehicle Stop Report to the public. Today MCU joined allies in informing the public that things aren’t getting better at all. Black drivers are… Continue Reading
MCU St. Charles: Congrats to the Franklin School Preservation Team!
They were featured on KSDK this morning celebrating the sale of this historic building. It will undergo a redevelopment involving intentional historic preservation and MCU will assist in lifting up the historically African American Franklin School! The St. Charles County… Continue Reading
WE WON!!
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
Four Meetings….Four Successes
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
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