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Pages tagged "community organizing in california"


Bay Area IAF ‘Reclaims Citizenship’ with 400 Leaders

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · October 23, 2011 9:22 AM

In a large scale effort to help California IAF leaders address the state's economy and challenges facing state and local officials, over 400 Bay Area IAF leaders convened in an October conference, joined by economists, thinkers, demographers, and other state power players. Leaders told stories illustrating how the downturn has hurt families and communities, reflected on their faith traditions and strategized around local opportunities. The conference helped energize regional strategies around immigration and identify training opportunities on housing and education.


Pomona Leaders Speak Out on Proposed Waste Site

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · October 14, 2011 9:36 AM

"The Rev. Julie Roberts-Fronk, pastor at First Christian Church and a leader with One LA, said there are no proposed plans that would ensure careful oversight by outside agencies of the project. In the past, city residents opposed other waste facility proposals, Roberts-Fronk said.

'It was a bad idea then,' she said.

'It's a bad idea now!' ...the audience responded."

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Marin Organizing Committee Pins Candidates on Housing and Vehicle Impoundment

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · October 13, 2011 4:15 PM
San Rafael Candidates Talk Affordable Housing and Safety at Forum, Marin Independent Journal


California Vehicle Impoundment Law Changed

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · October 10, 2011 4:25 PM

"In the past year, the North Bay Sponsoring Committee, made up of nine religious congregations in Santa Rosa and Petaluma, has worked with law enforcement to craft a more discretionary policy." -- Press Democrat

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One LA Assembles for Healthcare

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · September 27, 2011 10:00 AM

"These issues concern our congregants, but they also concern the synagogue itself. We are ...insuring our employees, too."

-- Rabbi Laura Geller

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Bishops, with Pomona Valley – One LA Leaders, Call on Pomona Council to Halt Waste Transfer Station

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · September 19, 2011 8:00 AM
"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

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Clergy of North Bay Sponsoring Committee Urge Temperance to Rebuild Culture of Civic Participation

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · September 18, 2011 5:07 PM

Reverend Christoper Bell and Rabbi George Gittleman weigh in on anti-police reaction to hit and run tragedy in Sonoma County.

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Marin Organizing Committee Reforms Vehicle Impoundment Policy in San Rafael, Northern California

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · September 12, 2011 10:45 AM

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

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Pomona One LA Hits the Sidewalks to Engage Hundreds in Fight Against Waste Station

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · August 19, 2011 1:53 PM

"Since the beginning of this year, parishioners at St. Madeleine Church in Pomona have worked with fellow members of the community-based One L.A. to oppose the proposed Ninth Street Pomona Valley Waste Transfer Station. On Aug. 13, about 50 people,” comprised primarily of St. Madeline parishioners along with representatives from other local Christian churches and the Association of Pomona Teachers, "hit the sidewalks to rally support for their cause..."

St. Madeleine Rallies Against Pomona Waste Transfer Station, The Tidings: Southern California's Catholic Weekly

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COPA Asks Santa Cruz County Board to Preserve Wages for Home Workers

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · August 03, 2011 10:27 AM

Chaplain Dan Olivieri and lay leader Mary Littel Walsh presented the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors a petition signed by over 400 parishioners from Resurrection Catholic Church in Aptos. They sent a clear message — don't cut home care wages!

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