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Pages tagged "Austin Interfaith"


IAF Nuns & W/SWIAF Credited with Lifting Up Leaders

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · June 30, 2014 4:30 PM
For over 30 years, Sr. Christine Stephens and co-director Ernie Cortes have trained lead organizers for organizations like Austin Interfaith, "an eclectic mix of 40 dues-paying partner organizations that include labor unions, churches, mosques, synagogues and non-profits.... The mission of her organization...is to identify and train people like Malone to solve problems for themselves.

'You find people who . . . if put into relationship with one another and taught how to organize, can do just incredible things,' she explains."

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City of Austin Denounces 'Secure Communities' w/ Austin Interfaith

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · June 26, 2014 1:14 PM
At the urging of Austin Interfaith, Central Texas Bishops, Catholic Charities and immigration reform allies, Austin City Council unanimously passed an official denunciation of Travis County's "Secure Communities," directing the City Manager to explore alternative ways to book arrests. High achieving 13-year old Alan Gonzalez Otero, from Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and Austin Interfaith, testified against Secure Communities, describing an occasion when he was 9 years old and thought he might never see his father again. Rev. Thomas VandeStadt of the Congregational Church of Austin reminded the Council that Central Texas Bishops opposed cooperation between law enforcement and immigration, and that "on principle" was opposed to Secure Communities.

City Hall Chambers, filled with 300 supporters of the resolution, erupted in cheers as the Mayor announced the 7-0 vote.

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Austin Interfaith Wins Historic Living Wage Vote for School Construction

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · June 17, 2014 10:23 AM

Labor caucus leaders of Austin Interfaith leveraged a historic living wage vote from AISD school board members in a close-to-midnight vote approving the use of federal Davis-Bacon wage standards for workers employed on school construction projects. After months of deliberation and negotiation, labor caucus members of Austin Interfaith testified at AISD board proceedings, backed by a crowd of supporters.

Catholic Bishop Joe Vasquez's letter exhorting the Board to support Davis-Bacon wages was followed by impassioned testimony from leaders representing LiUNA, Education Austin, IBEW, Painters Local 1779, Pipefitters, Workers Defense Projects, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and the Equal Justice Center. Plans are in the works for the school district to soon establish an accompanying living wage floor to raise the wages of the lowest paid workers.

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Austin Interfaith Fights for School Adoption of Davis-Bacon Wages

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · June 03, 2014 6:50 PM
Over two dozen Austin Interfaith leaders descended on an Austin Independent School District board work session to call for the adoption of federal Davis-Bacon wage standards, and to explain the benefits to workers, families, the school district and the economy at large. In photo, Minerva Camarena-Skeith explain how Davis Bacon wage standards would benefit construction workers.

Activistas Presionan A Distrito Escolar de Austin para Aumentar Salarios, Telemundo Austin


Austin Interfaith Victory: Clergy Defends Section 8 Voucher Holders

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · April 17, 2014 5:11 PM
Asserting that 9 out of 10 apartment owners indiscriminately ban Section 8 voucher users, Austin Interfaith clergy and lay leaders applauded the city council for introducing a proposal to prohibit apartment managers and owners from discriminating against Section 8 users. They described the resolution, introduced and passed on a Holy Day shared by Jewish and Christian traditions, an example of how the public can better protect the poor and most vulnerable.

Council Approves Housing Voucher Ordinance, KVUE-ABC

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Capital IDEA Celebrates 1,000th Graduate

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · February 20, 2014 4:06 PM
Capital IDEA celebrated its 15th anniversary and 1,000th graduate at the Norris Conference Center in Austin. Elizabeth Soltero, the 1,000th graduate entertained the crowd with her story of triumph -- learning English then learning her third language, Technical English, before landing a job in computer security. Elected city and county officials were in attendance, and other graduates honored -- including a single father who not only worked his way through college, but volunteered at his son's pre-school.

Facebook Album, Capital IDEA


Austin Interfaith Saves 173 Affordable Homes

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · January 07, 2014 3:19 PM
Koreena Malone helps craft plan to save affordable homes; Malone is a graduate of Capital IDEA and leader with Austin InterfaithKoreena Malone, an accounting graduate of Capital IDEA, was confronted with the threat of losing her home when a developer's plans involved razing her apartment and replacing it with a higher cost unit. In collaboration with Austin Interfaith she formed a tenant's association and negotiated a new deal on the redevelopment with Travis Heights Elementary School, the neighborhood association, her tenants' association, and the developer.

"'I strongly believe that the redevelopment of Oak Creek Village won't just lead us to a better community but a model for the city of Austin,' Malone said.

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Austin Interfaith's First In-District Charter Leads the Way

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · August 27, 2013 12:07 PM
Travis Heights parent drop off her daughter in a dual language kindergarten classroom at new in-district charter school Travis Heights Elementary School.  Lead Organizer: Jacob Cortes"The switch at Travis Heights has been in the making for nearly three years. Austin Interfaith, a coalition of schools, churches and unions, and district labor group Education Austin ...reached out to 100 campuses before they found a partner in Travis Heights willing to become a charter.

Their volunteers then went door-to-door, garnering support and hosting school meetings to find out what parents and teachers wanted in a school. They reached 90 percent of the school's households and got 99 percent support from parents and 97 percent support from staff...."

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