One LA Assembles for Healthcare
"These issues concern our congregants, but they also concern the synagogue itself. We are ...insuring our employees, too."
-- Rabbi Laura Geller
Read moreAustin Interfaith Victorious on Citizen Participation
"After months of complaints from Austin Interfaith over its limited ability to weigh in on funding for local nonprofits, the City of Austin now says that the group can give City Council members a piece of its mind."
Read moreBishops, with Pomona Valley – One LA Leaders, Call on Pomona Council to Halt Waste Transfer Station
"The public outcry against this project has been significant. The city has received over 1,000 letters… Large numbers of neighborhood people have gathered … Leaders within Pomona Unified School District have opposed the project… and an organizing effort which we greatly respect, the Pomona Valley Cluster of One LA, is working for justice with the people of Pomona in this matter."
-- Most Rev. Gabino Zavala, Auxiliary Bishop, San Gabriel Region, Archdiocese of LA, Roman Catholic Church
Read moreClergy of North Bay Sponsoring Committee Urge Temperance to Rebuild Culture of Civic Participation
Reverend Christoper Bell and Rabbi George Gittleman weigh in on anti-police reaction to hit and run tragedy in Sonoma County.
Read moreTexas IAF Workforce Strategies Praised in National Media
MIT economist Paul Osterman names various Texas IAF strategies 'models' for the nation while discussing his new book, Good Jobs America: Making Work Better for Everyone.
In the New York Times he notes that despite low wages in the Rio Grande Valley, "the Valley is not hopeless....community organization Valley Interfaith has pushed for training opportunities and living wage jobs."
Read moreMarin Organizing Committee Reforms Vehicle Impoundment Policy in San Rafael, Northern California
After assembling over 400 leaders to demand that elected officials in San Rafael include MOC in decision-making about the devastating impact of vehicle impoundment on working families, the San Rafael Police Department announced a change in the policy.
"Since forming a few years ago, the MOC has forged a potent new political force in the county." -- Pacific Sun
Read moreAlbuquerque Interfaith Leaders Fight Changes to New Mexico Driver’s License
"Organizations like the New Mexico Catholic Conference of Bishops and the Albuquerque Interfaith were ...in Santa Fe this week to protest Gov. Susana Martinez's efforts to rescind the state law."
As part of its continuing battle against anti-immigrant efforts, AI leaders organized a 'Preach and Teach' on immigration the week before the state legislature opened. Fourteen congregations (Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Jewish, Unitarian, and Desciples of Christ) and two schools reached over 16,000 people with teachings on immigration from our faith and democratic traditions and on the myths being used in anti-immigrant efforts.
Read moreValley Interfaith Project Awarded Arizona Grant
AMOS Leaders Push Skate Park Plans Forward
Downtown Skate Park Plans Roll Forward
Des Moines Register - Des Moines, Iowa
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