The first Membership Assembly of 2021 is Tuesday, January 19 at 6:30pm. It will be a Zoom event, so no worries about weather or Covid-19. As with all membership assemblies, this is for the current member congregations and individuals…and for… Continue Reading
At a virtual rally on Thursday, December 10, MCU’s Juvenile Justice Task Force, the Family Partners leaders and Campaign for Juvenile Justice brought attention to implementation of the Raise the Age Bill. This bill, passed in 2018, raise that age… Continue Reading
On January 1, 2012, Missouri will join 45 other states that have “Raised the Age” of juvenile jurisdiction. In 2018 MCU worked to successfully pass Raise The Age. It changed the law on the age at which a youth is… Continue Reading
House Bill 12HB/HB12 is replacing Senate Bill 1/SB! SB1 contained such items as deciding the residentcy of St. Louis Metropolitan Police offiers, allowing the Missouri Attorney General to take over cases from the St. Louis Circuit Attorney, and worse….make it… 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
Mark your calendar NOW: MCU Public Meeting: #WhenTheySeeUsSTL Changing the narrative around Black Youth and families that are court involved. Register your attendance: https://bit.ly/2nMsFOy Our Agenda: Raise the Age NOW!: Join the coalition that passed the law to keep… Continue Reading
Raising children in today’s climate is arguably one of the toughest challenges parents will face. Deciding on the appropriate balance of love, discipline, spoiling, and tough love leaves parents and guardians with questions and doubts about their approach to parenting.… Continue Reading
What is your congregation/organization: I was with Mary Mother of the Church when I first started working with MCU. Now I worship at St. Nicholas in St. Louis City How long have you been involved with MCU: My involvement began… 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