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About us

“We will be a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.”

-Martin Luther King Jr.

Michigan Clergy Connects (MCC) mission is to network with organizers, faith leaders, and community leaders working to reimagine public safety and preserve democracy. We organize and connect with communities directly impacted by gun violence, mass incarceration, and the disenfranchisement of black and brown people. Voter engaugement and registration is also a major pointe of our work as well, in order to build the necessary power and influence at the local, state, and federal levels to secure peace and justice for all michiganders.

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End Gun Violence

What many don’t know is that there are proven, evidence-based gun violence reduction strategies that are simply not funded or supported at scale. These strategies typically reduce shootings and homicides by 30-60% (without increasing incarceration), but often go ignored. MICHIGAN CLERGY CONNECTS works to promote the implementation of community-based violence…

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Ending Mass Incarceration

Poverty and lack of opportunity combined with institutionalized discrimination based on race and income within our justice system are the causes. Discriminatory policing, prosecution and sentencing are well documented, and even the formerly incarcerated must contend with legal discrimination in relation to employment, housing, education, and voting. Since President Nixon…

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#fundpeace

Michigan Clergy Connect is one of many Gun Violence prevention groups that praise the Historic $5 Billion commitment to community violence Initiatives. For many years, Black and Brown communities have borne the disproportionate impact of interpersonal gun violence in our country. Thanks to the advocacy and work of so many…

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