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Developing Leaders, Strengthening Communities

🚨At the urging of One LA-IAF, the City of Los Angeles hosted the nation's FIRST congressional hearing on immigration raids, establishing a public record of civil rights violations. Read the full story: vist.ly/4i3mf


Enough is enough! Living without mold, rats, and leaky sewage in a market-rate apartment isn't a luxury—it's common sense! ✊ Dallas Area Interfaith leaders secured a new anonymous inspection request system to hold landlords accountable.🏠🛡️ vist.ly/497x9


Imagine having to choose between feeding your kids and paying off old fines. This is a choice too many people face after leaving prison. VOICE teamed up with Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma to change that. Read the story - vist.ly/47wci


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Great story from @LauriePerez! South LA church launches "Freedom Schools" to teach undocumented residents their rights - CBS Los Angeles cbsnews.com/losangeles/vid…


20 years after Hurricane Katrina, Bloomberg News recognizes TLA's Community Lighthouses as a national model for strengthening the capacity of local communities to respond to emergencies. vist.ly/468x4


🏆From Zero to $100 Million for Housing Over a year after Hurricane Beryl and a derecho windstorm made thousands of homes uninhabitable, TMO & allies persuaded the City of Houston to leverage the creation of a $100 Million home repair fund. vist.ly/464hc


💪Out-organizing the Restaurant Association's deceptive tactics, @COCommonGood and allies successfully protected tipped workers from wage cuts in HB 1208. @TowardsJustice @onefairwage @CWALocal7777 @COJWJ @coloradoaflcio @CWALocal7777 vist.ly/43sqv


💥 In a resounding display of grassroots power & civic resolve, Together New Orleans united 600 leaders from 79 orgs for an assembly to ratify a nonpartisan platform for the upcoming elections & define the future of their city. vist.ly/329qn vist.ly/329qi


🇺🇸Amidst a growing climate of fear in Los Angeles, One LA-IAF launched its "Freedom School Strategy" to respond to the immigration raids and undermining of civil liberties that have terrorized local communities. Read more here: vist.ly/3zvb9 vist.ly/3zvb6


💪 If we want public funds for the public good, we must organize it! Amid rampant displacement and pollution, CCG and @GES_Coalition united 100+ to build the relationships and power to promote public investment in shared prosperity over private profit. vist.ly/3zr8m


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Construyendo Puentes: Trabajadores, empresarios y organizaciones sociales de las Américas construyendo un diálogo socioambiental Norte/Sur III ENCUENTRO SINODAL FRATELLI TUTTI 28 y 29 de julio 2025 – WashingtonDC @CudaEmilce @CelamWeb @vaticannews_es @EspacioOEI @OITnoticias

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III ENCUENTRO SINODAL FRATELLI TUTTI 28 y 29 de julio 2025 – WashingtonDC

@CudaEmilce @CelamWeb @vaticannews_es @EspacioOEI @OITnoticias

Matt Schechter from @Coloradans for the Common Good and UFCW7 tells the story of how faith and labor united to protect workers. vist.ly/3yxxp

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💥 50 years strong! This year, the W/SW IAF celebrates 5 decades of developing leaders, creating lasting change, and building the bonds necessary for a vibrant democracy. Join us for the next 50! Visit our new Jubilee cite: vist.ly/3xvvw vist.ly/3xvvt


ACTION Leader Rev. Kelli Driscoll on organizing across the political divide to win a Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights in Oklahoma vist.ly/3n95f5n

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Can organized people from the "poorest place in America" take on Big Telecom? Watch Wanda Manning's story with @deltainterfaith to find out! vist.ly/3n82srp

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🚨Cuts to immigrant health care in CA? California IAF and allies pushed back! Over 100 united at the capitol, leaving with hope after the legislature moved to restore Medi-Cal access and lower proposed premiums for immigrants. The fight isn't over! vist.ly/3n7mv6i


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Who are we as a country if we are unable to recognize the same aspirations demonstrated by today’s immigrants that once defined the immigrants of generations gone by? americamagazine.org/faith/2025/06/…


With a single veto, @GovofCO "chose corporate interests & a broken status quo" over responding to our call to "liberate the oppressed and respect the dignity of workers." Read more @denverpost by @COCommonGood leaders Rabbi Katie Mizrahi & Rev Sheri Fry. vist.ly/3n695zm


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"The many immigrants who are dying in the desert are part of my community and are also worthy of the Lord’s peace and salvation." @BishopSeitz on immigration and the Church in this moment: commonwealmagazine.org/living-vein-co…


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