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Baton Rouge Leaders Bridge Differences

by Mark Hunter, "Bridging Differences, The Advocate



Letter from Rev. Richard Bates, Catholic Bishop of Des Moines


Aspen Institute Release Study on Capital IDEA

Matt Helmer & Amy Blair, "Courses to Employment: Sectoral Approaches to Community College - Nonprofit Partnerships," Aspen Institute Workforce Strategies Initiative

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Together Baton Rouge Builds

by Editorial staff, "Our Views: New Model for Change," The Advocate

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Inland Empire Sponsoring Committee Launches Workforce Initiative

"Groups Partner for Job Training Classes," by Monica Rodriguez, Inland Empire Daily Bulletin


Border Interfaith Protests Approval of Steel Plant Permit

"Worker's Death Under Investigation," by David Crowder, El Paso Inc.


"Blessed Are the Organized," about the Southwest IAF, Recently Released

Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion at Princeton University, recently released Blessed Are the Organized: Grassroots Democracy in America, a book documenting the work of the Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation.

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TMO Increases Voter Turnout by 9% in 39 Houston Precincts

During its fall electoral drive, TMO worked with fifty congregations to target 39 precincts in the neighborhoods surrounding their institutions; leaders taught voters the statewide agenda of issues and the importance of early voting. They organized neighborhood walks and launched parochial campaigns to sign up parishioners in the pews and at church festivals. TMO successfully increased voter turnout by 9.3% in the 39 precincts it worked, compared to the 2006 gubernatorial election.

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US Council of Catholic Bishops Commends OTOC for ‘Making Lasting Change’

"2010 CCHD Collection Slated for November 20th," US Conference of Catholic Bishops