7. LeDayne McLeese Polaski - Supporting Marginalized Populations in the COVID-19 Pandemic

In today’s episode we talk with Rev. LeDayne McLeese Polaski, Executive Director of MeckMIN, an interfaith collaboration of nearly 100 member congregations representing more than a dozen faith traditions that works to foster understanding, compassion and justice in Charlotte, NC. She is an ordained Baptist minister and the grant coordinator at QC Family Tree. We talk about how congregations can support marginalized populations during the COVID-19 epidemic.

 

For more information about MeckMIN you can check out their facebook page here.

 

If you are in the Charlotte area, MeckMIN has a list of current community needs here.

 

Today's episode brought to you by the Church Development Office at the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church.

 

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Macarray Bay" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

 

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