On Saturday, June 21, UCM hosted Boxing for a Cause: An Arthur Johnson Invitational in support of gun violence awareness. Here’s what a few members of our team had to say about the event.

On Saturday, May 17, 2025, United Congregations of Metro-East (UCM) partnered with the East St. Louis chapter of the NAACP, L.O.V.E., and East Side Aligned to host Seats Taken: Now Let’s Talk Solutions—a youth-led community forum organized by the young leaders of L.O.V.E. The goal was to formally introduce the new school board to the community and open a dialogue about the urgent issues facing local schools. Not a single board member attended.