In 2008:

· Defeat of the “Civil Rights Initiative” headed by Ward Connerly, which would have dismantled affirmative action. The defeat in Missouri was executed, in part, by the MORE2 Clergy Caucus Media event held on April 4, 2008 (the 40th Anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr).

· Secured commitments by the candidates for Missouri Governor, Congressman Kenny Hulshof representing the 9th District of Missouri and Attorney General, Jay Nixon to meet with MORE2 and our sister organization, Metropolitan Congregations United within the first 60 days of their administration.

· Successful 3rd Annual Imagine Banquet with Jim Wallis from the Sojourners which turned out 600 people.

In 2007:

· The central achievement of the organization in 2007 was to win the passage of a new public policy: the Construction Workforce Ordinance. Two of the MORE2 clergy leaders have been placed on the committee that is writing the policies that will determine how the Ordinance is enforced in Kansas City, MO.

· On November 8, 2007, MORE2 unveiled the Gilead Table, which unites 40 metro area superintendents, educators and other community leaders in education. This initiative of the MORE2 Education Task Force has the mission of! “Healing our Hurting Public School Systems,” by finding solutions in education with the leaders who make the decisions that affect our children.

· On July 5, 2007, Mary Lim-Lampe was hired as the first full time organizer of MORE2.

In 2006:

· Passage of a unanimous city council resolution requiring Kansas City, Missouri City Hall to report monthly on hiring goals in construction.

· Hiring of 200 new minority and women workers in the construction industry in one year.

· Passage of Missouri Legislation authorizing an election for mass transit funding in the metropolitan area.

· Promise from the Missouri Department of transportation to set aside 1.5 million for training and hiring disadvantaged workers on the Paseo Bridge replacement.

In 2005:

·  850 in attendance at a public meeting at Zion Grove Baptist Church concerning the construction industry to include minorities and women

· Formation of the Jericho Table to make changes in the hiring of minorities and women in the construction industry — 36 leaders in attendance, representing local construction firms, unions, local government, and educational institutions.