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AMOS Points out Local Progress on Juvenile Justice
Polk County Makes Progress on Juvenile Justice, Des Moines Register
COPS / Metro Helps Alamo College Students Reinstate Majors, Develop Participatory Process
When Alamo (Community) Colleges announced a decision to eliminate major designations from associate degrees last summer, AC students fought back. Simon Sanchez, from the Student Leadership Coalition asserted, "we are not victims." With the support of the Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS) and Metro Alliance, the organization reached out to hundreds of students, leveraging 595 signatures for a petition against the policy.
Read moreCOPS Metro Wins Raises for Lowest Paid Alamo College Workers
The district will also increase pay to $10 / hour for 700 part-time and temporary employees.
Read moreSpokane Alliance Wins 15% 'Quality Jobs' Requirement
Council Passes Public Works Project, Spokesman Review
Read moreTMO Forges Relationship with Pasadena Police to Fight Crime
Assistant Police Chief Josh Bruegger related, "It is important..., obviously to us, that we have this relationship." Father Pedro Lopez of St. Peter Episcopal told leaders,"We have a moral obligation to do everything within our power to stop crime in our community. We do not want more people robbed at gunpoint, we do not want our children to be victims of drug use, of gun violence or our homes to be vandalized. Be good Samaritans, take action and keep our eyes open, and call and report any crime. Will you commit to that today?"
Read moreAt 40, COPS Still Standing Up for Residents
At 40, COPS Still Standing Up For Residents, San Antonio Express News
HuffPost Cites 'Cold Anger' as Key to Fighting Injustice
"....This wave of activism reflects the difference between what community organizer Ernie Cortes calls hot anger and cold anger. With hot anger we act irrationally and misdirect it toward the wrong people. With cold anger we focus on what we can do to change oppression, exploitation and injustice...."
Read moreTBO Denounces Med Center Lawyers as "No Better Than Henchmen"
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Read moreOdd Couple? US Catholic Bishops & the IAF
"Alinsky protégé and 'genius grant' recipient Ernesto Cortés, Jr. cites Catholic social teaching as influential in the development of community organizing, and when the nation's largest denomination holds that Thanksgiving-week special collection of mostly small donations, it will be supporting one element in a broad-based coalition aimed at empowering ordinary folks. As Ernie Cortés notes, 'The only answer to organized money is organized people.' For all the efforts that are furthering that vision, we can truly give thanks."
Read moreVOICE-OKC Awards Republican Former Speaker 'Lifetime Award'
Steel, a conservative Republican, argued to loud applause that "it's immoral for a private business to make money off of people who commit crime...it's wrong for ...governments to make money off people who commit crimes..."
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