By Antonio D. French
Filed Thursday, March 9 at 12:55 PM
Mary Ann McGivern is the new executive director of Project COPE, a St. Louis-based community re-entry program for ex-offenders. She started on March 1 and succeeded Linda Schroeder, who is retiring after nearly twenty-one years in the job.
McGivern, who ran for a seat on the St. Louis school board in 2003, was most recently the peace and justice coordinator for the Sisters of Loretto in New York City. She has also served as director of the St. Louis Economic Conversion Project and long-time radio commentator on KWMU-FM. She has been a member of the Catholic Worker community since 1977.
McGivern was an elections watcher at the historic Palestinian elections in January. At that time, PUB DEF published some of her letters detailing the event. Read them here and here.
Project COPE assists selected ex-offenders in making the transition to life outside prison through one-year partnerships with congregational teams from a broad religious spectrum. The program also provides transitional housing in three apartment buildings on Marcus Avenue in north St. Louis.
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