Reverend Mindy Fugarino discusses her work with the Independence Boulevard Christian Church, and Lora McDonald invites you to on-line Pro-Democracy training February 11, 5-7 PM and February 20, 9-11 AM, organized in part by MORE2.

Reverend Mindy is the Senior Pastor for the Independence Boulevard Christian Church on the corner of Independence and Gladstone Avenues in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. That church is a Disciples of Christ congregation that has worshiped at that location since 1905. Her work includes leading The Micah Ministry, which supports unhoused and poor humans1 in Kansas City. Reverend Mindy is also Executive Director of Intersect KC, which shares the church building with several wonderful projects including Care Beyond the Boulevard, recently featured on this show. And she partners with various social-justice & trauma-informed organizations. This includes co-chairing our region’s Becoming Beloved Community (anti-racism / pro-reconciliation) team and the Missouri Poor People’s Campaign.

Lora McDonald is executive director of the Metropolitan Organization for Racial and Economic Equality, stylized MORE-squared, website MORE2.org. They are part of the Gamaliel Network with headquarters in Chicago. Gamaliel is partnering with 25 other national networks in promoting on-line Pro-Democracy training February 11, 5-7 PM and February 20, 9-11 AM. To register, go to MORE2.org, then click, "Events", then look in the calendar for either February 11 or 20 and click "Pro-Democ" or "Pro-Democracy" on whichever one you would like to attend.

McDonald and Fugarino are interviewed by Spencer Graves.

Copyright 2026 , Mindy Fugarino, Lora McDonald, and Spencer Graves, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 international license.

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1. In the US, corporations are people and money is speech. Corporations seem not inclined to seek the support of Reverend Mindy. She focuses on helping humans.