Communities Organized for Public Service + Metro Alliance (COPS/Metro) welcomes member institutions that share a concern for families and a tradition of faith and democracy. These may include congregations, schools (both private and public), labor unions, nonprofits, neighborhood organizations, or small businesses.

When institutions join COPS/Metro, they work with our organizers to:

• Develop leadership and strengthen community within and between their institutions
• Build bridges across long standing divisions that isolate communities from each other
• Build capacity to create systemic solutions for the challenges facing their members (education, poverty, jobs, childcare, mental health, healthcare, and more).

The responsibilities of institutional membership are:

• Build a core team of leaders responsible for organizing within the member institution
• Build relationships with other institutions 
• Pay membership dues (decided by each independent local organization).