Mobile Market Week rolls into the Columbia area this week with the hope of raising awareness and support of grocery access in food deserts. Midlands Organized Response for Equity and Justice (MORE Justice), an interfaith coalition of 28 racially, socio-economically and religiously diverse congregations, wants to "encourage people to shop small, shop local, and shot the Mobile Market."

Midlands Organized Response for Equity and Justice (MORE Justice), an interfaith coalition of 27 racially, socio-economically, and religiously diverse congregations, will hold their seventh annual Community Problems Assembly (CPA) on Monday, October 30, 2023 at Beth Shalom Synagogue (5827 N Trenholm Road). For those interested in learning more about the organization’s current priorities, arrive early at 5:45 to participate in a “Data Walk” to see displays deepening our understanding of the problems and the solutions around Food Insecurity, Affordable Housing and Gun Violence. The event itself will begin at 6:10 pm. 

Rickenmann’s proposal asked for $802,800 for three years of funding for the office. If voted into existence as pitched, the office would include a director overseeing a team of “violence interrupters” and partnership coordinators. “We’ve got to do something different, and we’ve got to have somebody who’s a lead coordinator. Right now there’s not a lead coordinator anywhere,” he said.