Those at the rally want legislators to stop partisan politics so that all Missourians have the opportunity to live prosperous lives.

Participants are hoping to push the legislature to act on the state motto, "The welfare of the people shall be supreme law." Members of Metropolitan Congregations United talked about immigration, health care, and education.

"I'm here to lobby Senate Bill 1128 which is the persistence to graduation fund, and it creates a grant in which schools that are feeling unaccredited can apply for, to use the money to increase their graduation rates," graduate student Claire Secoy said.

Brittany Newton attended the rally because she feels she is the voice of her generation.

"I go to Roosevelt High School. It is an inner-city school in St. Louis," said Newton. "Our graduation rate right now is only 48 percent, 52 percent never graduate, don't go on to do anything constructive. And I feel it is because we don't have the means inside the school to give kids motivation, to make them feel like they can do it."

From the steps of St. Peter's Catholic Church to the steps of the State Capitol, people of different ages, races, and backgrounds came together for the same cause.

Participants say even if they did not achieve their goals today they will continue to lobby legislators.