http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage/ Latest media coverage of PICO National Network and its affiliates en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:54:00 -0700 tlilienthal@piconetwork.org (Tim Lilienthal) cwilliamson@articulatedman.com (Chris Williamson) 40 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0456 FACT sponsors listening session in Flint's East-side. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0456 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0455 Chase CEO Jamie Diamond agreed at that meeting to send Chase executives to meet with CCISCO, but the bank has since cancelled the meeting. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0455 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0454 Since earlier this year, the Parents' Committee of Inland Congregations United for Change has attended parent workshops and district meetings focused on making improvements. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0454 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0451 aEURoeThe program gives hope to the largest numbers of people facing foreclosure - those who through no fault of their own are behind in their mortgages because of a layoff,aEUR? said Lewis Finfer, executive director of the Massachusetts Communities Action Network, an advocacy organization that lobbied Congress and the White House for the assistance to unemployed homeowners. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0451 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0450 Nylton Andrade hopes that a federal bill President Obama was expected to sign today will help him and his wife keep their home. Andrade is a volunteer with The Brockton Interfaith Community. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0450 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0448 Families in Anaheim will have more affordable housing, thanks to an eight-year campaign by parents in two congregations working with the Orange County Congregation Community Organization (OCCCO). http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0448 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0447 The Parents' Committee of Inland Congregations United for Change, which is made up of parishioners from various churches and whose children attend multiple schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District, has been conducting trainings and research in order to have a say in the changes soon to take place at the schools designated by the state for intervention. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0447 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0449 Youth for Justice is a member of Congregations Organizing people for equality, or COPE, a church-based community organization that strives to improve quality of life for residents in Iberia and Lafayette parishes. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0449 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0452 Parents who have been active in the Parents Committee of Inland Congregations United for Change were also upset they found out about the change in the reform model from this newspaper instead of from the district. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0452 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0453 On behalf of the Inland Congregations United for Change committee that planned last month's (June 6) "Justice for Immigrants Takes Faith in Action," I would like to take a moment and the opportunity to thank the officials who attended http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0453 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0446 At a meeting last Thursday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Corona, the Queens Congregations United for Action invited Robert Tilley of the City Commission on Human Rights to talk to residents about how to fight this form of housing discrimination. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0446 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0443 The United Interfaith Action says there are about 15,000 city residents whose primary language is Spanish. They note that the department employs just nine officers, out of a force of 260, who speak fluent Spanish. Police Chief Ronald Teachman says the department has about 20 police officers who are either fluent or conversational in Spanish. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0443 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0442 The proposal for a home-visit program presented by United Interfaith Action would involve teachers visiting the homes of students in their classes to get to know more about them and their families as well as to increase the families' engagement with the school system. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0442 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0444 The measure could help 500,000 families who have lost their jobs save their homes, said Rev. Lucy Kolin, a spokesman for PICO, a national network of faith-based community organizations. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0444 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0445 The forum, titled "Bringing Health Care Reform Home," was organized by the faith-based community organizing network the Micah Project. It brought together experts and local congregation leaders to discuss the nuances of the federal health insurance law that passed earlier this year. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0445 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0440 Advocates for homeowners and the unemployed are pushing to reinsert the program into the final legislation. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0440 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0441 Hundreds of families from congregations across the Inland Empire joined with faith leaders to express the need for immigration reform with a path to citizenship and press leaders for change consistent that values the humanity of others, regardless of their country of origin. aEURoeJustice for Immigrants takes faith in ActionaEUR? was organized by Inland Congregations United for Change, the local affiliate of the PICO network, a national network of faithbased community organizations. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0441 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0439 The meeting was organized by United Interfaith Action, an organization consisting of 16 church congregations in New Bedford and Fall River. About 200 neighborhood residents attended. Mayor Scott Lang and Police Chief Ronald Teachman were also in attendance, and listened to two main neighborhood grievances: dirty streets and crime. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0439 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0438 Mervine was one of about 30 people who attended a news conference at Las Cruces City Hall organized by CAFA, or, Comunidades en Acci-n y de FA, [Comunidades en Accion y de Fe (CAFe)] a group that describes itself as a faith-based community organization. CAFA Director Sarah Nolan said so far, eight churches representing four denominations have joined the group's cause, promoting immigration reform. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0438 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0437 "We're not asking for amnesty. We're asking for the right process, due process to be here, the people who are here illegally, to be part of reform and legalization," said Edgar Briseno with PICO. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0437 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0433 Organizers estimated that about 800 people -- some of them bused in from Merced, Modesto and Sacramento -- packed the air-conditioned gym of St. Anthony of Padua Parish. They listened to speakers who called for reform and from illegal immigrants who told stories of being separated from their families. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0433 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0431 aEURoeWe came together united as a people of prayer aEUR| that our system can be fixed,aEUR? said the Rev. Henry Rodriguez of St. JudeaEUR(TM)s Shrine. aEURoeThat above all the politics, rhetoric, anger aEUR| there is a more concrete way to address this issue.aEUR? http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0431 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0432 People attending the non-denominational Christian gathering said they want to see more humane immigration policies specifically a stop to families being torn apart by deportations. They said they want politicians to pay attention."We need to work together to bring a more dignified way of living," said Norma Sandoval with the group San Diego Organizing Project". http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0432 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0436 Evelice Jimenez has her citizenship. She voted for President Obama on the promise he would create an immigration reform system that works for everyone. She says it's time for him to live up to his word.aEURoeI'm here for him to give the support to all those people, which is Asians, Latinos, all over the country,aEUR? said Jimenez. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0436 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0434 The rally was organized by the national nonprofit PICO, or People Improving Communities Through Organizing. Similar rallies were held in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, as well as across the United States. The rallies are in response to what activists say is a lack of forward movement on immigration reform. http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/coverage?id=0434