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AMOS Helps Juvenile Offenders Keep a Clean Record
May 16, 2016
MOC Signature Campaign Exceeds Goal, Reaches 8,000+
With the goal of building support for the County to site, fund and operationalize a year-round shelter for 60 homeless men and women by 2018, leaders of Marin Organizing Committee (MOC) launched a signature campaign to reach 6,000 voters. Within five months, leaders had collected over 8,000 signature cards, and counting.
May 16, 2016
Houston Chronicle: TMO Harnesses People Power
May 02, 2016
Together Louisiana Secures Gov.'s Commitment for Tax Fairness
In front of 400 leaders assembled at Mt. Zion First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Together Louisiana leader Rev. Theron Jackson of Shreveport laid out the source of the state's budget shortfall (corporate exemptions and lower income taxes on the wealthy), referred to the reliance on sales taxes as "the big swap" and bluntly stated, "This calls for righteous indignation."
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May 02, 2016
1,000 COPS / Metro Leaders Continue Fight for Higher Wages
April 30, 2016
Texas IAF Celebrates 40+ Year Anniversary, Launches New Strategy
Veteran leaders, funders, religious judicatories and Texas IAF organizational co-founders convened at the Whitley Center of the Oblate School of Theology to celebrate 40+ years of the network of Texas IAF organizations standing with families.
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April 30, 2016
El Paso Times Applauds EPISO, Border Interfaith & Texas IAF
"When the Industrial Areas Foundation first came to Texas four decades ago, the organization was met with derision and hostility in many quarters. That certainly was true with the creation of the El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring organization in 1981.
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April 29, 2016
NCG Fights Teacher Shortage in Clark County School District
April 29, 2016
Texas Senate Recognizes Texas IAF's 40+ Year Anniversary
Noting that for "more than 40 years, the network's organizing efforts have had a profound impact on the lives of countless families" and that it is "truly fitting that its exceptional achievements receive special recognition" the Texas Senate issued Proclamation No. 332 to "commend the Network of Texas Industrial Areas Foundation Organizations on its commitment to helping families, developing leadership, and promoting conversation on the issues facing our state."
Proclamation No. 332, Texas Senate
April 28, 2016
Texas IAF 40+ Anniversary In Texas Press
IAF Celebrates 40 Years Making Texas Better, El Paso Times [pdf]
Grassroots Grows Up, Texas Observer [pdf]
Ordinary People Acting Extraordinarily, San Antonio Express News [pdf]
Austin Interfaith, COPS and the Big Bang, Austin American Statesman [pdf]
Austin Interfaith Celebrates 30 Years of Building Power, Austin American Statesman [pdf]
De los Santos: My Life-Changing Work with Valley Interfaith, Rio Grande Guardian [pdf]
Organizacion Que Ayuda a la Comunidad Inmigrante en Texas Cumple 40 Anos y se Marca Nuevos Objetivos, La Voz [pdf]
Interfaith Dialogue: Austin Group Celebrates 30 Years of Faith in Action, Catholic Spirit
TMO Focuses on ‘People Power’, Houston Chronicle
Faith Groups Joining in Larger Networks Celebrate 40 Years of Reducing Poverty in Texas, National Catholic Reporter
Grassroots Grows Up by the Texas Observer, Quorum Report
April 27, 2016