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Pages tagged "organizing in Houston"


Houston Chronicle: TMO Harnesses People Power

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · May 02, 2016 5:04 PM

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TMO Leaders Push for Substantive Metro Bus Service Overhaul

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · February 27, 2015 11:03 AM
Regular Metro bus rider Julia Ramirez and TMO leaders Fr. Kevin Collins and Franklin Olson argue that the Metro bus system of Houston needs major changes if it plans to create a new system. With a commute that currently takes at least two hours each way, Ramirez pinpoints 4 concrete needed changes in the article below.

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TMO Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · November 14, 2014 9:11 AM
"The Metropolitan Organization, which celebrated the 30th anniversary of its charter this October, works with the voiceless to help transmute their anger into leadership. In a meeting with the Chronicle editorial board, TMO representatives said that the nonprofit, which organizes church congregations and other institutions across the region, encourages residents to say: "This is the city I want," and then to hold government accountable. Under TMO's stewardship, neighborhoods find their voices, and city government acquires a hearing aid...."

TMO at 30: The Metropolitan Organization's Successes Have Changed the Lives of People, Houston Chronicle

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TMO Leaders Hound Officials on Crime & Stray Dogs in East Houston

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · October 07, 2014 8:46 AM
Hundreds of TMO leaders packed into Immaculate Conception Catholic Church to tell officials that De Zavala Elementary School students deserve to be protected from packs of stray dogs roaming the campus. 300 leaders explained that the issue emerged in a 'house meeting' campaign in which small groups of people gathered to share their concerns.

Multiple residents told stories about family members getting bitten by dogs on the streets; stories of increased crime were shared as well. TMO convened the assembly to engage their City Councilmember Robert Gallegos and State Senator Sylvia Garcia on these issues.

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Chase VP Invests $100K in Capital IDEA Houston

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · August 21, 2014 11:30 AM

Carolyn Watson, Chase Bank VP of Corporate Responsibility, announced the award of $100K to Capital IDEA-Houston at a meeting of the Houston Community College Board of Trustees. Capital IDEA-Houston, established by leaders of TMO as a labor market intermediary, pulls working students out of poverty wage jobs and into living wage careers starting at upwards of $30,000 per year plus benefits. TMO (The Metropolitan Organization) built the political will to establish the training program to bridge the wage gap between industry needs and the skills base of the city.

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TX Rep. Zerwas (R): “No Better Use of $500K Than Capital IDEA”

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · May 23, 2014 12:36 PM

Leaders celebrated word that the labor market intermediary established by The Metropolitan Organization of Houston, Capital IDEA-Houston, won a Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) grant, giving it half a million dollars to train hundreds more community college students for living wage careers in Houston. TMO, with their sister organizations in the Texas IAF, helped establish the Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) grant to support projects that prepare low-income workers to attain degrees and certificates in high demand occupations including nursing and information technology. Texas State Representative John Zerwas (R-Richmond) highly praised Capital IDEA-Houston, declaring he "could not find a better use of $500K than to invest in Capital IDEA-Houston." Texas State Representative Sylvester Turner (D-Houston) chimed in adding "we should continue to invest $5 Million in these projects." The award will support about 250 students attending Houston Community College and Lone Star College.

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Catholic Church Works with TMO to Stop Closure of Neighborhood Schools in Houston

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · March 13, 2014 3:57 PM
When the Houston Independent School District Superintendent proposed the closure of five schools to cut costs, concerned parents noted that in at least one case students from a higher performing school would be re-directed to a struggling one. Port Houston Elementary School parents, who happened to worship at Resurrection Catholic Church, quickly organized a challenge to the closures in partnership with TMO, which their church had just joined.

Concerned TMO leaders met with HISD board members, in addition to meeting with parents and educators, to figure out how to preserve these schools. On Thursday, March 13th, over 100 leaders and parents descended upon the HISD board meeting and recognized board president Juliet Stipeche for removing Port Houston Elementary, Nathaniel Henderson Elementary and Fleming Middle School from the closure list.

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