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700 DAI Leaders Clarify Impact of SB4 with Dallas Police

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · July 17, 2017 4:17 PM

Before a packed audience of 700 leaders of Dallas Area Interfaith, and on the one-year anniversary of the shooting that took the lives of five police officers, Dallas Area Interfaith continued the public conversation about community relationships with the police in the context of SB4. In response to stories about immigrants fearful of reporting crimes they've witnessed to the police, Dallas Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly announced, "This is evidence of why SB4 is bad."

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El Paso IAF Puts "We The People" at the Center of Public Life

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · April 24, 2017 12:00 PM

Several hundred Border Interfaith and EPISO leaders assembled for an accountability session, one day before early voting began, to challenge candidates for Mayor, City Council and the Board of Trustees for El Paso and Ysleta School Districts around the issues most impacting residents' daily lives.

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750 COPS / Metro Leaders Challenge Mayoral Candidates

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · April 24, 2017 11:42 AM

One day before the mayoral election in San Antonio, 750 leaders from COPS / Metro Alliance assembled at St. Henry Catholic Church to challenge candidates for mayor and city council around issues that emerged from thousands of conversations with San Antonio residents.

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200 Texas IAF Leaders Call On Legislators to Fund Job Training

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · March 21, 2017 1:35 PM

Over 200 Network of Texas IAF Organization (NTO) leaders and Capital IDEA students and graduates landed at the Texas state capitol to pressure state representatives and senators to restore full funding of the Texas Innovative Adult Career Education Fund (ACE Fund), a state funds that support long-term workforce training, at $5 Million. The delegation additionally called on the legislature to support local control and oppose ant-immigrant legislation.

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DAI Calls on Police, Community to Build Trust for Better Policing

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · July 11, 2016 2:12 PM

At a community meeting organized by Dallas Area Interfaith, there were no easy platitudes in reference to the Thursday night shooting of police officers and protesters that left five officers dead. "There is a repentance that has to happen in this nation," preached Pastor Carl Sherman to the crowd gathered at Southern Hill Church of Christ. More than a dozen officers, from six law enforcement agencies across the Metroplex, sat in the pews alongside civilians to hear their public service praised and critiqued.

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Texas Senate Recognizes Texas IAF's 40+ Year Anniversary

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · April 28, 2016 11:53 AM
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


TBO Leaders Call Out Border Hospital Board for Secret Vote

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · August 09, 2013 1:47 PM
Three and a half years ago, leaders of The Border Organization pressured the Val Verde Regional Medical Center board to contract with a reputable health management system in response to deteriorating hospital services and several million dollars of public debt. The Board of Val Verde eventually chose Methodist Healthcare System (MHS), and the hospital is currently millions of dollars in the black.

However, the Board recently held a secret election to vote in a new CEO, nullifying the managing contract with MHS and sparking public concern about the possibility of corruption:

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