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Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Local groups storm Oakland Chase branch to halt foreclosures

July 28, 2010, Oaklandseen.com

Faith-based organizationsCCISCO (Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization) and PICO (People Improving Communites through Organizing) held a press conference and protest in front of the Chase Bank in Oakland's Rockridge shopping center.

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Bay Area realtor has inspiration for foreclosure victims

July 27, 2010, ABC 7 KGO-TV

Chase CEO Jamie Diamond agreed at that meeting to send Chase executives to meet with CCISCO, but the bank has since cancelled the meeting.

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Outraged Homeowners Protest SF Wells Fargo Meeting

April 28, 2010, KPIX CBS 5

Protesters accuse Wells Fargo of blocking reform and using racially discriminatory lending practices, and are asking, among other things, that the bank hold off on foreclosing owner-occupied homes.

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Over 1000 Expected To March On Wells Fargo Shareholders

April 28, 2010, SF Appeal Online

Organizers say more than 1,000 people from faith, labor and community organizations will march through the Financial District before sending shareholder proxies into the meeting to ask Wells Fargo executives to change their corporate practices.

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Unions, community to Wells Fargo: We are not your ATM!

April 28, 2010, People's World

Her outrage was shared by Brenda Blannon, marching with Contra Costa County's Interfaith Supporting Community Organization. "The banks are cheating us left and right," she said. "They overcharge us for our checking accounts and then they mess them up and make us late with payments. Someone needs to bring them up short!"

Economic Security
Faith Groups to Protest Bank of America, Wells Fargo

April 27, 2010, The Christian Post

“The business model of big banks seems to be to make money from squeezing their customers and Wall Street gambling without producing anything of value,” said the Rev. Dr. Mario Howell, clergy leader with Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization and the PICO National Network. “It’s time banks become part of making the economy work, not just profiting off of our hard times.”

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Financial District Host Bank Meeting, Big Protest

April 27, 2010, NBCBayArea.com

Organizers say more than 1,000 people from faith, labor and community organizations will march through the Financial District before sending shareholder proxies into the meeting to ask Wells Fargo executives to change their corporate practices.

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
The Battle for Bank Reform on Wall Street and K Street

April 26, 2010, TPM Cafe

"Everyday Americans from all walks of life are going to be challenging banks like Wells Fargo to keep families in their homes, to stop predatory and payday lending, and to start investing to create jobs and rebuild our communities" explained Adam Kruggel, director of CCISCO, a PICO affiliate in northern California

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
A Deal With Bank of America Is in Their Prayers

January 12, 2010, New York Times

Bank officials will be squaring off on Tuesday night with leaders of several faith-based community organizations that are angry about the bank's role in the growing number of foreclosures across the country. If their demands are not met, the groups are threatening to encourage people to pull millions of dollars in deposits out of Bank of America.

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Faith Leaders To Move Their Money Out Of Bank Of America Unless Demands Are Met

January 12, 2010, Huffington Post

A group of faith and labor activists and local political leaders is meeting with Bank of America officials Tuesday night in Antioch, California in an effort to force the bank to do a better job of modifying home loans. If Bank of America doesn't right ship, the group says they'll take their money out of the bank.

Health Care Access
Faith community in East Bay rallies to help distressed homeowners

December 19, 2009, Contra Costa Times

As political pressure builds in Washington for the banking industry to do more to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure, the call in eastern Contra Costa County is coming from church-based advocacy groups - and it's getting louder.

Health Care Access
Health clinic nears reality in Oakley

December 19, 2009, Contra Costa Times

The quest to provide more access for Oakley residents began four years ago with members from St. Anthony Catholic Church. Several members of the church's youth group, including Marquez and Flores, noticed that some parishioners lacked health care and began looking for ways to address the problem.

Housing Opportunities
East Bay priest fights foreclosure crisis

December 14, 2009, ABC 7 News

In the community of Antioch, a Catholic church has joined a battle against banks that are foreclosing on homeowners. The local priest saying he felt compelled by what he saw happening in his parish.

Housing Opportunities
Homeowners demand help for loan modifications

December 11, 2009, ABC 7 News

PICO affiliate CCISCO Contra Costa County held protests outside Bank of America and Wells Fargo branches in San Francisco on December 11, 2009 to demand face-to-face meetings with senior bank representatives to negotiate loan modifications for families in Contra Costa County, CA.

Economic Security | Safe Neighborhoods
Community Violence: Richmond Community Unites to End Violence and Demand Green Jobs

November 22, 2009, Oakland Local

"I brought a picture of my brother, Clyde Ralph Smith, to show you tonight. I wanted you to see what kind of man he was," said Gwendolyn Goodbeer at the Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO) event "A Voice for the Village" at the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Richmond last Thursday evening, November 19th. "My brother was 64 and weighed 160 pounds... He walked with a cane. He was no threat to anyone."

Housing Opportunities
Home loan protests in Antioch draw Bank of America to negotiating table

November 09, 2009, The Catholic Voice

Local Bank of America representatives have agreed to meet with leaders of an interfaith advocacy group that has been pressuring the lender to conduct good-faith negotiations with families who face foreclosure of their homes.

Housing Opportunities
Jackson returns to Antioch with message of unity

October 21, 2009, Contra Costa Times

Entering to a thundering chant of "si se puede," Jackson spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of 400 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church's Dominican Hall during a scheduled meeting of the Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization.

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Fed Seeks Feedback in Forums on Crisis, Hears of Lost ‘Dream’

June 19, 2009, Bloomberg News

The Federal Reserve is seeking public feedback on its unprecedented efforts to end the worst economic crisis in decades, dispatching officials to forums where they are hearing personal tales of financial destruction.

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Federal Reserve officials tour foreclosures in Richmond

June 18, 2009, KALW News

Last week, Federal Reserve officials from Washington DC and San Francisco visited the city of Richmond, to see what the economic devastation of the foreclosure crisis really looks like. KALW's Angela Kilduff reports.

Health Care Access
The Rev. Jerry Brown: Affordability standard important to any health care plan

June 10, 2009, Contra Costa Times

I'M WRITING TO you about health care reform on behalf of CCISCO-Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization. Members of our congregations frequently talk with us about their struggles to afford health care coverage and we feel that it is important to have their voices included in this debate.

Health Care Access
Contra Costa County cuts health care, sheriff's deputies

April 01, 2009, CBS 5

Housing Opportunities
Group documents Richmond housing crisis and demands action

March 14, 2009, Contra Costa Times

On maps showing foreclosed homes in Richmond and San Pablo, the crowded dots look like a giant smudge suffocating Irene Garcia's neighborhood. Closer up, the dots representing foreclosed homes are more discernible, but they portray a neighborhood in trouble. One is across the street. Another around the block. The next, she said, could be hers.

Housing Opportunities
Foreclosed Bay Area Homeowners Protest Outside U.S. Capitol

March 10, 2009, KTVU TV

Jaime Silahua found a foreclosure notice in his front door two weeks ago. Silahua, an artist from Antioch, watched the value of his home plummet from $281,000 in 2006 to less than $100,000 last month. He's now one of the tens of thousands of Californians who've been booted by their banks.

Housing Opportunities
A bus ride away from foreclosure

March 07, 2009, KCBS

Housing Opportunities
Foreclosed Bay Area residents head to D.C.

March 07, 2009, ABC 7 San Francisco

Forty-five people rolled out of the parking lot of the Most Holy Rosary Church on a nationwide tour headed for Washington D.C.. They want the federal government to help others avoid the fate of foreclosure and they are hoping to take their case to President Obama.

Housing Opportunities
Foreclosure awareness caravan departs from Antioch

March 07, 2009, CBS 5

A five-day, cross-country caravan to raise support for homeowners facing foreclosure left from Antioch on Friday. The so-called "Recovery Express" has stops planned in some of the cities hardest hit by foreclosures: Chicago, Kansas City, and Flint, Mich, where even more families will join the caravan.

Housing Opportunities
'Recovery Express' caravan draws Valley homeowners

March 06, 2009, Fresno Bee

A Fresno contingent, including members of five Fresno families, joined the caravan in Antioch early Friday. A rally was later held at St. John's Cathedral in downtown Fresno by Faith In Community, a local religious group, and PICO National Network, a national interfaith coalition.

Housing Opportunities
'Recovery Express' riders heading to DC for foreclosure help

March 06, 2009, San Jose Mercury News

Forty-five people at ground zero of the foreclosure crisis boarded a charter bus bound for Washington, D.C. on Friday armed with their pleas for government intervention - but not before receiving a blessing of holy water to keep them safe on their journey.

School Improvement
Teens Ask for Action at East County Forum on Education

February 27, 2009, Contra Costa Times

Before a crowd that included state schools chief Jack O'Connell, East County teens pointedly asked local school administrators Tuesday to improve the quality of their education.

School Improvement
Teens ask for action at East County forum on education

February 25, 2009, East County Times

Before a crowd that included state schools chief Jack O'Connell, East County teens pointedly asked local school administrators Tuesday to improve the quality of their education.

Housing Opportunities
Teetering on the edge of conviction

February 23, 2009, East County Times

Seven years ago, the Silahua family bought a one-story, ranch-style home on the 3600 block of Gentrytown Drive for $281,000. On Monday, Jaime was sitting in a Pittsburg courtroom, surrounded by a dozen concerned well-wishers, pleading his case to keep his family from being evicted. The well-wishers, organized by a local interfaith organization, also joined hands with him in prayer outside the courthouse.

Housing Opportunities
Record Number of Struggling Homeowners

December 05, 2008, KCBS Radio

Housing Opportunities
More negative signs for US housing market

November 18, 2008, The Associated Press

Housing Opportunities
Faith groups fighting banks on foreclosures

November 02, 2008, The Boston Globe

Housing Opportunities
FDIC Plan Tests Limits of Leniency

November 01, 2008, Wall Street Journal

Housing Opportunities
Faith-based effort to avert foreclosures

October 28, 2008, San Francisco Chronicle

Housing Opportunities
Faith-based groups fight foreclosures

October 28, 2008, CNN Anderson Cooper 360 Blog

Housing Opportunities
Hundreds attend Antioch event in effort to stem home foreclosures

October 28, 2008, Contra Costa Times

Housing Opportunities
California Faith Groups Fight Banks on Foreclosures

October 27, 2008, Bloomber News

Housing Opportunities
Program coming for mortgages in trouble

October 23, 2008, USA Today

Civic Participation
Squad helps raise voting awareness

October 08, 2008, The Advocate

Civic Participation
Community organizers deserve praise, not Palin's insults

September 17, 2008, Contra Costa Times

Housing Opportunities
Walk the line -- or walk away

June 12, 2008, Inside Bay Area

Housing Opportunities
A foreclosure protest took to the streets

May 02, 2008, ABC 7 KGO

Housing Opportunities
Interfaith groups protests banks

May 02, 2008, Inside Bay Area

Neighborhood Revitalization
Residents seek solutions in Iron Triangle

June 17, 2007, Contra Costa Times

Health Care Access
Oakley Promised a Health Clinic

May 23, 2007, Contra Costa Times

Immigration Reform
Richmond Mayor in DC to Demand End to Raids

May 15, 2007, CBS 5

Immigration Reform
Deported Immigrants' Kids Face Dilemma

April 04, 2007, AP

Health Care Access
Organizers Go to Capitol

March 26, 2007, Catholic Voice

Youth Development
Celebration Spotlights Contra Costa Youths

February 12, 2007, Contra Costa Times

Health Care Access
U.S. Needs to Prioritize Kids' Health

February 11, 2007, Contra Costa Times

Immigration Reform
Richmond Pledges to Keep Immigrants Feeling Safe

February 08, 2007, Inside Bay Area

Immigration Reform
Richmond Calls for End to Raids

February 07, 2007, CBS 5

Immigration Reform
Fight Over Rights

January 29, 2007, Contra Costa Times

Immigration Reform
Officials Meet with Public to Soothe Fears

January 29, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle

Immigration Reform
Residents Say Raids Unlawful

January 29, 2007, KGO-TV

Immigration Reform
Deportation Effort Creates Tension

January 27, 2007, Contra Costa Times

Immigration Reform
Immigration Agents Posed as Cops

January 26, 2007, KTVU

Immigration Reform
Uniforms, Methods of ICE Agents at Issue

January 26, 2007, CBS 5

Youth Development
Teens Win Help with Jobs, Education

December 20, 2006, Contra Costa Times

Immigration Reform
Youth Leaders Push American Dream Act for Immigrant Students

June 03, 2006, Contra Costa Times

Safe Neighborhoods
Residents Appeal for Help

March 11, 2006, Contra Costa Times

Teens help strengthen their communities

September 20, 2005, Contra Costa Times