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Foreclosure Prevention | | West / SouthWest IAF
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Schools & Education Strategies. San Antonio Education Partnership. School Reform in Texas. The Road Home Program. Ernesto Cortes, Jr. Saul Alinsky & IAF Tradition. 5-Day near Dallas November 2016. In Arizona, as well as California, local organizations are working now to ensure that that their respective state housing finance agencies are utilizing recently granted federal funds wisely. Boycotting Chase: Parish Members to Withdraw Savings. Foreclosure Prevention Aided by Collective Negotiation. Albuquerqu...
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Workforce Development | | West / SouthWest IAF
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Schools & Education Strategies. San Antonio Education Partnership. School Reform in Texas. The Road Home Program. Ernesto Cortes, Jr. Saul Alinsky & IAF Tradition. 5-Day near Dallas November 2016. MIT economist Paul Osterman, asserts that the West / Southwest IAF “has the most sophisticated and comprehensive approach to community labor issues in the nation.”. Click below to learn more about our strategies:. All donations will be used to support leadership development across the West/Southwest IAF. Baton ...
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How We Started | | West / SouthWest IAF
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Schools & Education Strategies. San Antonio Education Partnership. School Reform in Texas. The Road Home Program. Ernesto Cortes, Jr. Saul Alinsky & IAF Tradition. 5-Day near Dallas November 2016. The success of COPS inspired the formation of broad-based organizations of families and congregations throughout the West and Southwest US in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Mississippi, Oklahoma and California. In each of these organizations, campaigns for substantive local improvements ...
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Industrial Areas Foundation
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Photo Credit: Frank Oudeman / OTTO. MOC Wins First City Investment in Shelter Expansion. Fri Oct 3, 2014. Marin Co., CA - Thanks to the Marin Organizing Committee, Fairfax became the first city in Marin County to financially commit to expanding a seasonal homeless shelter into a year-round project; the Town Council approved funding at $16,392. VOICE Wins $30 Million for Foreclosure Rehab Pilot in Virginia. Fri Sep 13, 2013. The fund will support a pilot that would:. VOICE announced the commitments at 500...
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What We Do | | West / SouthWest IAF
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Schools & Education Strategies. San Antonio Education Partnership. School Reform in Texas. The Road Home Program. Ernesto Cortes, Jr. Saul Alinsky & IAF Tradition. 5-Day near Dallas November 2016. Members of W/SWIAF organizations are institutions: congregations, schools (both private and public), labor unions, nonprofits, and neighborhood organizations that share a concern for families and a tradition of faith and democracy. Institutions that join W/SWIAF organizations work to:. Sign Up For Our Newsletter.
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Healthcare
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Schools & Education Strategies. San Antonio Education Partnership. School Reform in Texas. The Road Home Program. Ernesto Cortes, Jr. Saul Alinsky & IAF Tradition. 5-Day near Dallas November 2016. Passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), while simultaneously bringing advances and confusion, has not stopped this work. Click below to learn more about:. Affordable Care Act Implementation. All donations will be used to support leadership development across the West/Southwest IAF. Sign Up For Our Newsletter.
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West / Southwest IAF Living Wage Victories
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Schools & Education Strategies. San Antonio Education Partnership. School Reform in Texas. The Road Home Program. Ernesto Cortes, Jr. Saul Alinsky & IAF Tradition. 5-Day near Dallas November 2016. After IAF affiliates designed and passed the nation’s first living wage bill in Baltimore in 1994, West / Southwest IAF organizations soon organized for living wage ordinances of their own. In 1998, Pima County Interfaith Council ( PCIC. By 2000, MIT economist Paul Osterman estimated that the work of Valley Int...
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Healthcare Victories
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Schools & Education Strategies. San Antonio Education Partnership. School Reform in Texas. The Road Home Program. Ernesto Cortes, Jr. Saul Alinsky & IAF Tradition. 5-Day near Dallas November 2016. Stories of skyrocketing healthcare costs and anger about lack of access to insurance drove leaders from the following organizations into fights that resulted in the following healthcare victories :. Lowering the Cost of Medical Equipment in Dallas (2011). Making Pre-Natal Care Possible in Ames, Iowa (2011).
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Who We Are | | West / SouthWest IAF
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Schools & Education Strategies. San Antonio Education Partnership. School Reform in Texas. The Road Home Program. Ernesto Cortes, Jr. Saul Alinsky & IAF Tradition. 5-Day near Dallas November 2016. The West / Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation is a network of broad-based organizations building power to revitalize our democracy for constructive social and economic change. Each of the collectives that make up the W/SWIAF is an organization of. Build relationships of trust. To have a powerful voice in the.
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Alliance Schools | | West / SouthWest IAF
http://www.swiaf.org/initiatives/schools-education-strategies/alliance-schools
Schools & Education Strategies. San Antonio Education Partnership. School Reform in Texas. The Road Home Program. Ernesto Cortes, Jr. Saul Alinsky & IAF Tradition. 5-Day near Dallas November 2016. Organized Communities, Stronger Schools: Impact of Community and Youth Organizing on Public School Reform. In the Words of Executive Director Ernesto Cortes, Jr.:. Metis and the Metrics of Success. I Used to ThinkAnd Now I Think. Edited by Richard Elmore. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press (2011). Sacramento, C...
