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Foreclosure Prevention | | West / SouthWest IAF
http://www.swiaf.org/initiatives/foreclosure-prevention
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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How We Started | | West / SouthWest IAF
http://www.swiaf.org/home/history
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
http://www.industrialareasfoundation.org/issuesvictories/8
OTOC and Allies Kill Coal Burning Component of Omaha Energy Plan. Wed Jun 25, 2014. Pictured below is the team of OTOC leaders that pushed the Board to revise its energy plan. Articles below quote OTOC leader Laurie Gift and OTOC ally Rev. Eric Elnes. OPPD Plans to Retire all North Omaha Station’s Coal-Fired Units; Other Plants in Midlands Adapt to Clean Air Rules Differently. Omaha Public Power District Begins to Map Plan for Powering Next 20 Years. Fact Sheet on OPPD’s Revised Plan. Tue Apr 10, 2012.
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Healthcare
http://www.swiaf.org/initiatives/healthcare
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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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.
fourthgenerationteacher.blogspot.com
Fourth Generation Teacher: Our VOICEs Will be Heard! VOICE Call to Action 6/8/14
http://fourthgenerationteacher.blogspot.com/2014/06/our-voices-will-be-heard-voice-call-to.html
Teaching is my family's business. I'm the fourth generation teacher in the family. I hope I honor all my teachers with my words. Sunday, June 8, 2014. Our VOICEs Will be Heard! VOICE Call to Action 6/8/14. I just attended an invigorating meeting of citizens from around the Metro, all committed to learning more about the candidates for State Superintendent of Public Schools. VOICE. VOICE collected all the feedback to their question: What are the elements of a Quality School and created broad categories:.
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West / Southwest IAF Living Wage Victories
http://www.swiaf.org/initiatives/workforce-development/living-wages
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
http://www.swiaf.org/initiatives/healthcare/victories
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).