Staff & Leadership

Staff

Hannah Freeman

Lead Organizer/Executive Director– Hannah is dedicated to the fight for deep, democratic community power. Her organizing work is rooted in the words of Fannie Lou Hamer- “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” Hannah’s organizing focuses on the strategic development of MICAH and grassroots power in Milwaukee.

To get in touch with Hannah, email her at hannah@micahmke.org.

Part-Time Organizer-Diannia Merriett is a passionate advocate for equitable health care access across Milwaukee. In her role as Program Associate, she works with MICAH’s Health Equity Taskforce to reduce the maternal mortality rates among Black women—one of the task force’s most urgent priorities. In addition, Diannia is the staff lead for our beloved Annual Yearbook, which is published each year for our Public Meeting.

She can be reached at diannia@micahmke.org.

If you want peace, work for justice. – Pope Paul VI

Board of Directors

MICAH Board of Directors includes the Executive Leadership Team and two representatives from each of the Organizations/Congregations of MICAH.

Executive Leadership Team

• President Rev. Dr. Richard D. Shaw, Pastor, St. Matthew C.M.E. Church
• Vice President, Rev. Michelle Townsend de la Lopez Pastor, Cross Lutheran Church
• Vice President, Elizabeth Banks, Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
• Secretary, Peggy Drana, Cross Lutheran Church
• Treasurer, Kathleen Schluter, United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay
• Religious Caucus Chair, Janan Najeeb, President, Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition

Organizations/Congregations of MICAH

• Bay Shore Lutheran Church
• Believers In Christ Church
• Blessed Deliverance Baptist Church 
• Breaking the Chains Church
• Canaan Missionary Baptist Church
• Christian Fellowship Community Church
• Congregation Shalom
• Congregation Shir Hadash
• Congregation Sinai
• Cross Lutheran Church
• Everlasting Covenant Kingdom Worship Ministries
• First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee
• Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
• Gesu Catholic Church
• Hephatha Lutheran Church
• Incarnation Lutheran Church
• Islamic Society of Milwaukee
• Lake Park Lutheran Church
• Milwaukee Buddhist Peace Fellowship
• Milwaukee Central United Methodist Church
• Milwaukee Friends Meeting
• Milwaukee Islamic Da’wah Center
• Muslim Women’s Coalition
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church
• Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
• New Covenant Baptist Church
• New Hope Baptist Church
• Plymouth United Church of Christ
• Reformation Lutheran Church
• Ss. Cyril & Methodius Orthodox Church
• St. Benedict The Moor Catholic Church
• St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church
• St. Matthew Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
• St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
• St. Sebastian Catholic Church
• Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee
• Total Praise Church
• Unitarian Church North
• Unitarian Universalist Church West
• United Methodist of Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay
• Wauwatosa United Methodist Church