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Pages tagged "community organizing in Las Vegas"


NCG Secures Bi-Partisan Commitments from Gubernatorial Candidates to Protect Medicaid

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · May 10, 2018 9:09 AM

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650 NCG leaders packed the house at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church for a nonpartisan accountability assembly with three gubernatorial candidates. Leaders succeeded in leveraging bipartisan commitments from all three to protect Medicaid, invest new tax revenue into education and more.

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Nevadans for the Common Good Builds Power, Invites Participation

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · June 23, 2014 2:52 PM
After 1,600 leaders from Nevadans for the Common Good Lead convened their 2nd convention on a Tuesday night at the Cashman Center, lead organizer Robert Hoo reminded them, "It wasn't a ballgame, it wasn't a musical concert. It was people coming together to talk about issues. The interest is there, and it's even grown." Read more below:

Nevadans for the Common Good Invite Participation in Public Life, Las Vegas Review Journal

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Nevadans for the Common Good Celebrates 2nd Anniversary

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · May 13, 2014 1:53 PM
More than 1,500 leaders from across Nevada convened at the packed Cashman Theatre in Las Vegas to celebrate the passage of anti-sex trafficking legislation last year to and issue challenges to a broad range of public officials around multiple issues. The organization obtained solid commitments from public officials after sharing stories about elder abuse in unlicensed group homes, public transportation problems for wounded veterans and disabled, and the need for immigration reform and respite care for caregivers. The organization has grown over the last two years to include 33 member institutions. [Photo Credit: L.E. Baskow, Las Vegas Sun)

Building Off Legislative Success, Interfaith Group Eyes New Set of Social Concerns, Las Vegas Sun

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NCG Leaders Research Bus Transport for Elderly Vets

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · April 24, 2014 3:16 PM
As part of its elder issues campaign, leaders of 'Nevadans for the Common Good' have begun researching the accessibility of public transport in Boulder City, conducting a research action in the field.

"'The good news,' said the Rev. Robert Stoeckig of the Office of the Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas, ...'is that the (Regional Transportation Commission) website is wrong. But the bad news is that the website is wrong.'

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Nevada Governor Signs Anti Sex Trafficking Bill into Law

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · June 06, 2013 11:38 AM
Governor Brian Sandoval signed ground breaking anti-sex trafficking legislation in the presence of 'Nevadans for the Common Good.' Leaders had fought hard to crack down on the pimps that recruit young people into prostitution, including organizing assemblies, press conferences and legislative visits to Carson City. Said Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, "Nevadans for the Common Good have been a driving force behind this bill."

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Vegas Leaders' Video Shows Sex-Trafficking Threat to Minors

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · March 11, 2013 1:12 PM
Leaders from 'Nevadans for the Common Good' launched "It's About Time," a film documenting domestic minor sex-trafficking in Vegas and broad-based community efforts to combat it.

It's About Time, Nevadans for the Common Good

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Vegas Leaders Take Fight to Legislators in Carson City

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · February 15, 2013 7:21 PM
David and his wife, Barbara Paulsen, are part of a group of about 40 volunteers flying and driving to the state capital, where they will lobby the Legislature to toughen the state's sex-trafficking laws. They want to make it easier to prosecute violent pimps and impose stiffer penalties while helping victims of the Las Vegas sex trade get treatment...

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‘Nevadans for the Common Good’ Puts Pimps on Notice

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · February 11, 2013 2:38 PM

"Pimps were put on notice Monday that lawmakers want more severe punishment for those who exploit prostitutes and more ways to free women from their control...."

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NCG Leaders Work with School Police to Prevent Sex Trafficking

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · October 02, 2012 3:59 PM
As Andrea Swanson described how her teenage daughter was preyed upon by her boyfriend turned pimp, it became clear that neither Andrea nor her daughter's teachers or school counselors had spotted any of the warning signs. After NCG Leaders met with Las Vegas police and other authorities, they learned that child sex trafficking is a growing problem. But, NCG's organizing work is bringing about much needed change. The Clark County School District recently instituted mandatory trainings for their staff to spot the warning signs and NCG leaders are now working on statewide legislation that would give law enforcement the tools to protect children and prosecute pimps.

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Las Vegas Leaders Fight Child Sex Trafficking

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · September 20, 2012 2:17 PM
"The number of Nevada children dragged into prostitution is on the rise — a scary reality that will take a community effort to reverse, a Metro Police lieutenant told the... Las Vegas Valley Interfaith Sponsoring Committee hosted a discussion at the Islamic Society of Nevada about child sex trafficking." Metro Vice Unit Lt. Karen Hughes addresses 150 leaders (photo right).

Las Vegas is 'Ground Zero' for Child Sex Trafficking, Metro Vice Officer Says, Las Vegas Sun


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