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MCU and other members of the national Gamaliel Network will be meeting in Memphis, TN, April 21-24, for a Get Out The Vote canvassing event ahead of the Tenessee primaries. MCU Executive Director, David Gerth, and MCU Sacred Votes Organizer, DeMarco Davidson tell us how the issues in Memphis are similar to issues in St. Louis. The weekend promises to build national relationships and energize local organizers for the August and November elections.Learn more about the Gamaliel Network at https://gamaliel.org/If you are ready to join us in the work for justice in the St. Louis area, contact us at 314-367-3484 or office@mcustl.comYou can learn more and contribute to Metropolitan Congregations United on our website: mcustlouis.org. Also be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for news and events.

FRIDAY MARCH 6 Today’s guest is Mary Lim-Lampe. Mary is the Executive Director of Genesis, the Bay Area affiliate of the Gamaliel Network in Oakland, California. Mary was blessed by God and the Universe to mother the awesome Mary Caitlyn Rosa Lampe, a brave and mouthy 14 year old. The proud daughter of Chinese immigrants, Mary Lim-Lampe was summoned into organizing during a “perfect storm” at a Gamaliel Network organizer training when a good agitation by her mother was followed by her throwing up and deciding to come out of the shadows and build power. You can follow Mary’s work at www.genesisca.org, on Twitter @GenesisCali, on Instagram @genesis_for_youth, and on Facebook @genesisca.org. HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore. 

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network. Mary Lim-Lampe is the Executive Director of Genesis, the Bay Area affiliate of the Gamaliel Network. She was called into organizing during a “perfect storm” at a Gamaliel Network organizer training when a good agitation by her mother was followed by her throwing up and making a decision to come out of the shadows and build power in community. She graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (BA-Political Science) and has a juris doctorate from St. Louis University-School of Law. Mary began her work as the community organizer for MORE2 (Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity), the Gamaliel Affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri (her hometown). The biggest reason “why” Mary works in the justice field is her 13 year old daughter, Caitlyn.

Metropolitan Congregations United (MCU)Margaret Davis, Juvenile Justice Chair www.mcustlouis.org(314)651-7574 Metropolitan Congregations United is a community organization that brings together religious congregations, community groups, and individuals to work for a common purpose: to create a better life for all residents. The Ferguson experience continues to crystallize for us the center of our work: the intersection of race, economy, political power, gender and the structures of oppression at work within us individually, within our organizations and within the community of the St. Louis region. MCU strives to be an organization which is the platform for faithful confrontation of the powers, conversion of systems and individuals, and expression of true community of shared self-interest. Each person’s inherent dignity is celebrated by their shared investment in building community, toward a more just and equitable region. As an affiliate of the Gamaliel Network, we have joined our partners around the country to work towards four structural shifts.1. Build people’s control of government2. Build community control of the economy3. Expand the public sphere (for example, public transportation)4. Create structural racial equity

Rev. Nathan is a seventh-generation Michigander, a graduate of Western Michigan University, and a fierce advocate of social justice and benevolent localism. Prior to ministry he worked as a community organizer with the Gamaliel Network in Kalamazoo and Chicago. He attended graduate studies at the Chicago Theological Seminary and Vanderbilt Divinity School. He currently serves as the 29th Senior Minister of the First Congregational Church of Kalamazoo. He is an ordained pastor in the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).