swiaf.org
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
http://www.swiaf.org/initiatives/workforce-development
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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News Jan-June 2014 - Democratic Faith
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NEWSMAKERS JAN - JUNE 2014. WSJ: Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative "Hits". The Wall Street Journal today published a chart showing CGHC enrollment numbers approximately tripled original projections. CONECT moves against gun violence. Do Not Stand Idly By. The owners and investors of the world’s gun manufacturers who have the power to make communities safer. WIN organizes residents of DC General homeless shelter. Rats, roaches, power outages, rancid food plague facility. Rally for respect. Abatement of...
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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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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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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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NEWS - TMO
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Houston Chronicle: TMO Harnesses Power of the People. May 11, 2016. There’s a story that sounds almost apocryphal, except it isn’t, about how the Network of Texas IAF Organizations, which focuses on community-leadership development, came to anchor itself in the consciousness of elected officials across the state. Below are excerpts from the conversation. TMO Focuses on ‘People Power,’. Houston Chronicle [ pdf. April 26, 2016. Of Houston belongs. Thr...
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Updates - Gulf Coast Leadership Council
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Gulf Coast Leadership Council. St Peter's Episcopal Church Hosts House Meetings in Pasadena. Posted by Carlota Garcia. Middot; October 10, 2016 11:28 AM. At a house meeting event hosted by St. Peter's Episcopal Church, leaders residing in Pasadena, Texas shared stories of pressures their families are struggling with including payday lending, healthcare coverage gaps, public education and crime in their neighborhoods. Leaders sat around tables in these small group conversations. Posted by Carlota Garcia.