How can we call ourselves people of God unless we treat our workers like they're children of God? Click here to sign the petition to call on lawmakers to pass a living wage ordinance in Kansas City!
September 21, 2015 | KSHB
Powerful coverage of our call for a Moral Economy
August 28, 2015 |
Listen to the testimonies of CCO leaders and community activists on their press call from Jackson Hole, Wyoming
July 16, 2015 | KCTV5 News
“Today’s decision is about what kind of city we want to be - a city that accepts poverty wages or a city that accepts the God given dignity of every human being,” said Rev. Susan McCann.
July 16, 2015 | ABC News/Associated Press
Andrew Kling, the spokesman for Communities Creating Opportunity, a faith-based community organizing nonprofit in Kansas City, called the vote an "important first step forward" on a "profoundly moral issue." He said the mayor and council "proved they are some of the few elected officials in the country with the moral courage to confront the sin of poverty wages."
July 7, 2015
We’ve got some exciting news. Nearly two years ago, Communities Creating Opportunity and Kansas City-area public health departments created the Raising of America Kansas City (ROAKC) coalition. It was a bold project, uniting people and organizations from across the region around the simple principle that an investment in early childhood protects the future of our […]
June 18, 2015
It is with a sorrowful heart and outraged conscience that we stand in solidarity with our communities who grieve the senseless loss of life last night at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The murder of 9 people of faith from the African Methodist Episcopal Church due to the sin of racism and the […]
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Our families are worth a living wage. We can pass it in Kansas City. Click here to sign the petition!
We believe that every person is valuable and created in God's image, and therefore deserves the opportunity to live a healthy, dignified life.
Too many of our brothers and sisters are caught in a pipeline of pervasive violence. Click here to learn about some of CCO's solutions through Lifelines to Hope and Healing.
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CCO is proud to announce exciting new opportunities in our effort to move human dignity to the center of public life. Click here to learn more!
Join us to ignite a movement of voters dedicated to moving human dignity to the center of public life
We believe in fair and humane immigration reform that respects our core faith values including human dignity, family unity, and basic due process rights.
We implore our elected leaders to do what is right for Missouri and Kansas in keeping with the teachings of our faith. As these leaders face difficult decisions in the coming months, the 2013 Covenant for Families is a living guide to the kind of future we believe our Creator calls us to seek.
We have also called on our clergy to be the prophetic voices for the poor and marginalized, each providing a daily reflection and spiritual presence among decision makers as they face difficult moral choices. We seek 40 clergy who will bear witness to the needs and the values of “the least of these” during the 40 days of Lent.
This Lenten Guide for Congregations presents an opportunity to bear witness on behalf of working poor and marginalized families. To help guide your preparation for this time, we’ve developed weekly themes and accompanying scriptural references with suggestions on how to pray, fast, and act.
Kansas City Clergy and Faith Leaders stand with low wage workers throughout the metro as they call for better working conditions and dignity in the workplace.
2013 was an important year for CCO. Click here to see some of the powerful images that inspired us along the way.
2014 was a challenging year for people throughout the world. View snapshots of the everyday leaders working to move human dignity to the center of public life.
