Join the Break the Pipeline Mass meeting on Tuesday, May 21, 6:30pm-8:30pm at First Unitarian Church, 5007 Waterman at Kingshighway, St. Louis 63108. All aspects of the school to prison pipeline work will be covered including updates, trainings, actions and… Continue Reading
Faith based community organizing was introduced to St. Louis in 1990 through the efforts of a group of interfaith clergy. They enlisted the service of the Gamaliel Network to help them create three organizations. Those organizations, or clusters, served North County south of 270, North City, and South City. Later two other clusters were formed, one north of 270 and one in South County. There was also a Spanish speaking cluster for a short time. In 1997, the need to act more regional was recognized and Metropolitan Congregations United was formed. By 2012, all of the geographic clusters were dissolved and MCU had become one united organization. Continue Reading
School board elections are coming up on April 2, and there are several local school board candidate forums. Please attend your local candidate forum so you can make an informed decision about these people who want to be elected to… 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
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