Sacramento Area Congregations Together (ACT),
January 20, 2010,
The Sacramento Bee
"This proposal is a small price to pay to ensure that all kids get an education and can compete in the job market, and that becoming a productive member of our community is in the best interest of our families, our churches, our schools and, most importantly, our community at large," said Pastor Donald Leeper with Sacramento Area Congregations Together, which is
involved in the campaign.
San Diego Organizing Project (SDOP),
January 19, 2010,
National Public Radio
"What they decide could mean the difference between a family with a sick child paying $5,000 a year for health care or $1,800 a year," Gloria Cooper, of the San Diego Organizing Project, told the crowd, describing the difference between what might happen under the Senate bill, which is the higher number, and the House version.
Oakland Community Organizations (OCO),
November 18, 2009,
Empire Report
And it's this kind of systemic change that advocates like Jesus Rodriguez, a community organizer with Oakland Community Organizations, a large faith- and community-based group, are hoping to see. Recently OCO joined forces with Oakland School Food Alliance, another parent and community organization, to figure out how to bring more fresh, healthy food to kids throughout the district. "One of the main goals of this project is to have real cooking in every school," he says.
Congregations Building Community - Modesto (CBC),
August 12, 2009,
The Modesto Bee
About 40 people gathered at Tenth Street Plaza on Tuesday morning to pray for a national health care system. They also prayed for Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, and others in Congress faced with the task of making health insurance affordable for all.
The event, sponsored by Congregations Building Community in Modesto, drew people such as Fabiola Garcia, who lost her health insurance five years ago when she resigned from her job as a credit union loan officer when her daughter, Veronica Hall, was born prematurely, weighing 14.9 ounces.
Orange County Congregation Community Organization (OCCCO),
June 10, 2009,
Orange County Weekly
The Anaheim City Council, led by Mayor Curt Pringle, loves to crow about the luxury housing that has and (someday) will continue to pop up within and around the Platinum Triangle, the fabled area near Angel Stadium, Honda Center and the Grove of Anaheim that the city envisions blending "leading-edge business, high-salary employment, world champion entertainment and exciting residential neighborhoods, creating a unique opportunity in the heart of Orange County."
Oakland Community Organizations (OCO),
April 23, 2009,
Education Week
A new report examines the history and impact of an effort to create smaller schools in the 43,000-student Oakland, Calif., school district.
The report concludes that small schools, created with the backing of advocacy groups in the city, have shown stronger academic performance, better school climate, and an improvement in how teachers view their schools' professional culture, compared with larger schools studied over the same period.
Faith Works North San Diego County,
April 4, 2009,
San Diego Union Tribune
"The churches are overwhelmed," said Peter Hasapopoulos, executive director of Faith Works, a nonprofit, faith-based, community organizing agency in Escondido. "Part of my job is to ask, 'Are you thinking strategically?' There has been an onslaught, but it's a ripe environment to think about why we do systemic change in the first place."
Oakland Community Organizations (OCO),
April 3, 2009,
KQED Radio
Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO),
April 1, 2009,
CBS 5
Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO),
PICO National Network,
March 7, 2009,
KCBS
Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO),
Faith in Community (FIC),
PICO National Network,
March 6, 2009,
Fresno Bee
A Fresno contingent, including members of five Fresno families, joined the caravan in Antioch early Friday. A rally was later held at St. John's Cathedral in downtown Fresno by Faith In Community, a local religious group, and PICO National Network, a national interfaith coalition.
Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO),
February 23, 2009,
East County Times
Seven years ago, the Silahua family bought a one-story, ranch-style home on the 3600 block of Gentrytown Drive for $281,000. On Monday, Jaime was sitting in a Pittsburg courtroom, surrounded by a dozen concerned well-wishers, pleading his case to keep his family from being evicted. The well-wishers, organized by a local interfaith organization, also joined hands with him in prayer outside the courthouse.
Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC),
January 30, 2009,
The Press-Enterprise
