Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Unemployed homeowners to get extra foreclosure aid

August 12, 2010, The Christian Science Monitor

Treasury must also be sensitive when determining how to distribute the funds, says Lew Finfer, of with the PICO National Network, a group that’s pushed for increased foreclosure prevention assistance.

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
U.S. reports fewer enrollees, more dropouts in federal mortgage relief program

June 22, 2010, Washington Post

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.

Housing Opportunities
Bridge Loan Program For US Unemployed Dropped From Draft Bill

June 14, 2010, Dow Jones Newswire

Advocates for homeowners and the unemployed are pushing to reinsert the program into the final legislation.

Immigration Reform
Hundreds rally in Fresno for immigration reform

June 06, 2010, The Fresno Bee

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.

Economic Security
Congress, Get To Work: America Needs Jobs

June 02, 2010, The Huffington Post

It took the Rev. George Cummings of Imani Community Church & PICO-Oakland Community Organizations to frame the issue in moral terms. Speaking of the 18 percent general rate unemployment in his own community and the 30 percent unemployment rate among young African Americans, Cummings defined the jobs issues as "an urgent moral necessity."

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Protesters Launch Showdown With Monster Banks, Demand Wells Fargo End Predatory Lending

April 28, 2010, AlterNet

"The big banks and Wall Street got what they paid for [Monday]" -- with the filibuster -- "but this week of actions and the ones that follow will show Congress that the American people are paying attention, have had enough, and will not allow their democracy to be hijacked,"

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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.”

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Moral case for financial reform

April 27, 2010, The Washington Post, On Faith; Guest Voices

Catholic social justice leaders issued statements yesterday highlighting financial reform as an urgent moral issue, and called for prudent financial regulation that protects families from corporate abuse. PICO National Network, made up of faith-based community organizations in 150 cities and 17 states, has launched an Our Money, Our Values campaign with the online advocacy group Faithful America.

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The Big Mo'

April 27, 2010, The Huffington Post

Finally, we have to keep putting our feet in the streets. I am very excited about a series of demonstrations that SEIU, the AFL-CIO, National People's Action, PICO, and other groups have been organizing.

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

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Unions to rally for financial reform

April 26, 2010, The Hill - On The Money

"Now, these same banks are pouring $1.4 million a day into the Senate to stop Wall Street reform. Ordinary Americans are saying 'enough is enough."

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Huge Protests Planned for Showdown on Wall St. and at Banks Across the U.S.

April 23, 2010, AlterNet

"People are angry and frustrated with how the big banks drove our economy into the ditch, took billions in taxpayer funded bail-outs, and are now doing nothing to help fix the mess they created," said Liz Ryan Murray, senior policy analyst at National People's Action, which is marshaling thousands with the help of the AFL-CIO, PICO National Network and more to launch the "Showdown on Wall Street!" protest on April 29.

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Activists Plan Pro-Financial Reform Rallies, Lobby Days

April 12, 2010, Roll Call

National People’s Action, Service Employees International Union, the AFL-CIO, PICO National Network, North Carolina United Power and others are marshaling their resources with plans for a series of protests and Capitol Hill lobbying this spring.

Economic Security
More Banker Outrage: Protesters Plan Marches on Wall Street Banks

April 09, 2010, ABC News/Money

The SEIU, one of the most vocal critics of Wall Street and big U.S. banks, is part of a coalition of at least six groups -- including the AFL-CIO; the National People's Action, a racial and economic justice advocacy group; PICO National Network, a faith-based group; and North Carolina United Power, an organization of religious and community groups -- planning demonstrations across the country later this month.

Housing Opportunities | Economic Security
Protests Planned for Banks’ Shareholder Meetings

April 08, 2010, New York Times

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BofA pledges speedy loan aid response

April 07, 2010, Charlotte Observer

The Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina, which advocates for lending to low- and moderate-income communities, organized the Charlotte event. The overall tour sponsor is PICO, a national network of faith-based organizations, which has been working with lenders, advocates and government officials to improve HAMP and related programs.

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BofA to Answer Inquiries From Borrowers Within 3 Days

April 07, 2010, Bloomberg News

The pledge is a response to concerns by borrowers and housing-industry activists that lenders take too long to modify loans and prevent foreclosures, Rebecca Marione, national default servicing executive, said at a housing conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Bank of America is based.

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Treasury Announces Plan To Prevent Foreclosures

April 01, 2010, NPR News: ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

Another part of the plan that some people take issue with are the provisions for unemployed homeowners. Lew Finfer is with the PICO National Network, a faith-based group that's been pushing the government for more foreclosure help.Mr. LEW FINFER (PICO National Network): It really makes us angry that banks got loans to bail them out, but Main Street, unemployed homeowners are getting zero loans to save their homes.

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Cross-country caravan for immigration reform starts in Oakland

March 29, 2010, KTVU News

Over 50 PICO leaders will make their way across the United States, holding prayer rallies, vigils, and press conferences in 9 cities to show the widespread support that exists for Comprehensive Immigration Reform for American families.

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Immigration caravan to stop in Utah on way to D.C.

March 29, 2010, The Salt Lake Tribune

Organizers of the event, "March for America: Change Takes Courage and Faith," hope to attract thousands to encourage Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform that they say is needed to protect families. Faith communities are joining with immigrant, civil rights and labor groups for the event.

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Mission District Mobilizes for Immigration Reform

March 29, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle: SF Gate

The march is part of a week of action organized by several local and national groups, ranging from faith-based organizations to labor unions. Activists said their goal is to get Congress to pass a bill this year that will lead to the legalization of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants nationwide.

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On the Bus To America, Day 4 - Washington!

March 29, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle: SF Gate

Spirits are high because flights to Washington D.C. are sold out and because the bus carrying members of PICO, a national network of faith based groups, to Washington has been given a spot at Sunday's breakfast with the Reform Immigration for American Campaign and six congressmen.

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On the Bus for Immigrant Rights: Adiós Rigo!

March 29, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle: SF Gate

View a slide show of the Bus for Immigrant Rights leaving San Francisco for Washington D.C.

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On the Bus for Immigrant Rights: Day 1

March 29, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle: SF Gate

The biggest news of the day is that Senator Barbara Boxer has agreed to meet with folks from PICO, a national network of faith-based organizations. She had previously refused to, according to Fernando from PICO. He credits her change of mind to the actions of activists in San Francisco.

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U.S. Expands Homeowner Aid to Stem Foreclosure Wave

March 26, 2010, Bloomberg.com

The three-month help for unemployed homeowners won’t do enough to keep laid off workers from losing their homes, said Lucy Kolin, a board member of the PICO National Network, a coalition of faith-based community improvement groups. Her group has urged the administration to set up a loan program to help borrowers while they search for new employment.

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Large Coalition of Religious Groups Urges Passage of Health Bill

February 25, 2010, The New York Times: Health

The letter says that while no reform bill will be perfect, “Turning back now could mean justice delayed for another generation and an unprecedented opportunity lost.” The letter does not specifically endorse the president’s proposal or the House or Senate bills. But one of the coalitions that signed the letter, the PICO National Network, which represents a thousand congregations across the country, has applauded the president’s plan, saying it would go further than the Senate plan to reduce out-of-pocket costs for low-income families.

Residents hold town hall-type meeting to discuss Merced's problems

February 25, 2010, Merced Sun-Star

The town hall-type meeting, which included county, state and school officials, among others, was the first public effort of a new faith-based community organizing effort in Merced -- the Merced Organizing Project (MOP). MOP aims to address some of this county's problems by organizing people and teaching them how to make change by working with and pressuring government.

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Obama plan would curb health insurers on rate hikes

February 22, 2010, Los Angeles Times

Meantime, nine leading consumer, medical and patients' rights groups urged lawmakers to act quickly.

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Wanted: Moral leadership for health reform

January 28, 2010, Washington Post, On Faith; Guest Voices

Scripture teaches us that a moral community does what is necessary to protect the lives of each member of society; it makes room at the table of plenty for everyone. It is long past time that we made room at the life-sustaining health care table of plenty for everyone of God's children.

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Fear not, Congress

January 25, 2010, Washington Post, On Faith; Guest Voices

We have the best opportunity in our lifetime to create a framework for bringing everyone into our great health care table of plenty - we cannot let fear derail this moment. We must not abandon the millions of Americans who stand so close to getting access to affordable health coverage. We must "be not afraid."

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Large crowd in Denver demands immigration reform in U.S.

January 21, 2010, KDVR Denver

About 1,000 people turned out to ask lawmakers to fix America's immigration system, including an anonymous 17-year-old high school student.

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Next for bishops: immigration reform

January 19, 2010, The Washington Post: On Faith, Guest Voices

"It is our view that the American public, including Catholic and other faith communities, want a humane and comprehensive solution to the problems which beset our immigration system, and they want Congress to address this issue," said Bishop Wester. "We remain committed to moving immigration reform as soon as possible."

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Oakland clergy on Capitol Hill to press for affordable health care

January 19, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle

Earlier this month, according to a press release from the PICO National Network, over 750 elected officials, faith, labor, and nonprofit leaders across the country sent a letter to President Obama and Congress calling for stronger protections for low and moderate income Americans in the final health reform legislation.

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Faith groups escalate national accountability campaign with Bank of America

January 15, 2010, Los Angeles Chronicle

Last night, a delegation of clergy and community leaders from PICO National Network, together with National People's Action and SEIU, met with senior executives from Bank of America in Antioch, California to demand that they act more swiftly and aggressively to keep families in their homes, end predatory lending, and invest in our communities.

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Bank of America's Moynihan gets a visit

January 14, 2010, Boston Business Journal

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The Human Face of Health Care Affordability

January 14, 2010, The Huffington Post

This was a critical event because it brought grassroots representatives to the table to put a real face on the debate over how much people should have to pay for health insurance.

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Healthcare reform must be within all our reach

January 13, 2010, The Hill

Far too many Americans will still find healthcare out of reach if we do not seize this opportunity to strengthen the health reform legislation by combining the best elements of both bills so that no one has to choose between their health and their home, their well-being and their financial security.

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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.

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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.

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Putting their faith into the foreclosure fight: Religious groups lobby government, lenders

January 11, 2010, Boston Globe

Tomorrow, Andrade plans to join a group of religious leaders from around the country in Antioch, Calif., where they are scheduled to talk with Bank of America Corp. officials about modifying more home loans. Hundreds of families are expected to gather nearby for a prayer rally.

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Wall Street, Main Street & the Churches

December 16, 2009, National Catholic Reporter

Much coverage was lavished on the President's meeting with top bankers on Monday. But, another White House meeting might have been more enlightening. A group of prominent clergy met with members of the White House economic team.

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First the bank took my job...

December 14, 2009, Washington Post

With unemployment fast becoming the primary driver of the foreclosure crisis, and the employment situation looking bleak into 2011, the federal government must act immediately and aggressively to keep millions of struggling families in their homes.

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Groups to push aid to jobless homeowners

December 10, 2009, Wall Street Journal

Faith-based community groups belonging to the PICO National Network and some allied organizations will be meeting with White House National Economic Council staff to advocate for federal loans or grants to help jobless homeowners make their mortgage payments.

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Washington prayer vigil rallies Senate support for affordable heath-care reform

November 19, 2009, Episcopal Life Online

Shortly before Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held a press conference Nov. 19 to celebrate the long-awaited health reform legislation unveiled Nov. 18, pastors and lay leaders from states with senators whose votes are seen as crucial to the outcome of reform gathered outside the Capitol Building to pray for continued progress on legislation to extend affordable coverage to families.

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Editorial: The Moral Mandate for Affordable Health Care for All

October 21, 2009, Washington Post On Faith Blog

As a hospital chaplain, I'm heartened to see affordability get the attention it deserves. Over the years I have met countless families who struggle and falter under the weight of medical bills and health insurance costs that increase far faster than their income.

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Poll: 1 in 4 Adults Say Family Member Lost Health Coverage

October 21, 2009, The Christian Post

Faith leaders from across the country gathered Tuesday to tell lawmakers working on health care reform bills that the current Senate version is unacceptable. Clergy leaders noted that in some states the current reform bill would force low-income families to pay twice as much as under other legislations. And in calling for premiums and out-of-pocket costs, the bill would make health care unaffordable for these families.

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'Repent' over health care lapses, pastors say

October 20, 2009, Religion News Service

Organizers, who include PICO National Network, Faithful Reform in Health Care, Interfaith Worker Justice, Catholics United and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, said religious leaders from a number of key political states, including Maine, North Dakota, andFlorida, attended events dedicated to health care reform.

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Health Care Day of Action overtakes Congress

October 20, 2009, CBS News

Faith groups like PICO National Network and Faithful Reform in Health Care joined in the day of action with rallies, religious services and other events in an effort to put particular emphasis on making coverage more affordable for lower-income families.

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On Capitol Hill, religious leaders take stand for working families

October 20, 2009, Episcopal News Service

Clergy and faith leaders from throughout the United States gathered on Capitol Hill Oct. 20 to pray and proclaim the moral case for health-care reform legislation that would make coverage affordable to working-class and low-income families.

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Praying for politics

September 28, 2009, The Hill

"People think prayer and politics don't go together, but these are our lives," said Everson, the executive director at Congregations for Community Action in her hometown. She helped coordinate a healthcare prayer vigil in August that ended in a visit to Rep. Bill Posey's (R-Fla.) office. "Others might go out and protest or throw things, but we're going to pray. This is what we know how to do."

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Growth seen in kid-insurance programs

September 17, 2009, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Television spots urging "people of faith" to call their members of Congress in support of health-care legislation began airing Tuesday in six states, including Arkansas.

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Video: CBS coverage of Capitol Hill Rally for Affordability

September 17, 2009, CBS News

CBS's Joel Roberts reports from a rally for affordable healthcare on Capitol Hill featuring Rev. Dr. George Cummings, a pastor and PICO National Network leader from Oakland, CA.

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Video: Oakland pastor at Capitol Hill Rally for Affordability

September 17, 2009, KTVU

On September 16, faith leaders from PICO - together with Community Catalyst - flooded Capitol Hill with lobby visits, phone calls and a rally for healthcare reform.

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Video: Christian Broadcasting Network covers PICO's Affordability Rally on Capitol Hill

September 16, 2009, Christian Broadcasting Network

Watch video from the Christian Broadcasting Network's coverage of PICO and Community Catalyst's Capitol Hill Rally for Health Care Affordability.

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CNN video: Faces on the need for reform

September 03, 2009, CNN

Watch this CNN segment featuring real life stories from PICO leaders from FOCUS in Orlando, FL about the difficulties of getting good health care and the need for reform this year.

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Obama phones in for health reform chat

August 20, 2009, Stockton Record - Stockton,CA

In a hot upstairs classroom-turned-office at Stockton's large Central United Methodist Church on Wednesday afternoon, 10 people gathered around a table, intently focusing on a small speakerphone as people from throughout the country talked about the need for health care reform.

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Optimism about change spurs participants' involvement in health event

August 20, 2009, Catholic News Service

Two participants in a nationwide teleconference organized by religious organizations that are supporting health care reform said they were optimistic that legislation will pass this year and that they don't believe government funding of abortion will be a part of the bill.

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Obama Casts Health Effort in Moral Terms

August 19, 2009, New York Times

President Obama cast his efforts to overhaul America’s health care system in moral terms in a conference call with liberal religious organizations late Wednesday afternoon, saying “these struggles always boil down to a contest between hope and fear.”

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Health care conference call links president with public

August 17, 2009, Florida Catholic

Catholic Floridians who belong to interfaith groups advocating comprehensive health care for everyone plan to participate in a national conference call and audio webcast with President Barack Obama this week.

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It's Not Over Until You've Tried This, Mr. President

August 17, 2009, Huffington Post

It seems like a grim moment in the struggle to reform health insurance. The lights are growing dim. As health insurance industry stock prices rise, the chance to win this debate for universal coverage and a public option is on life support.

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Faith leaders appeal for health reform

August 12, 2009, Stockton Record - Stockton,CA

National health care reform took a prayerful turn Tuesday in downtown Stockton. "No more delays. Clear away the rocks and stones of debate," prayed John Harris, an elder at Stockton's White Rose Church of God in Christ. "We need adequate and affordable health care for all."

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Religious groups consider merits, flaws of U.S. health care reform proposals

August 12, 2009, Catholic News Agency

Responding to some Americans’ displays of vocal opposition to health care legislation, a coalition of religious leaders has launched a national campaign for health care reform, characterizing the matter as a “fundamental religious issue.” However, the Catholic Medical Association severely criticizes the proposal.

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The Great Health Reform Debate arrives in the Bay Area

August 12, 2009, San Jose/ Valley-Mercury News

The passionate debate on health care reform rolled into the Bay Area this week, at times mirroring the public showdowns roiling town halls across the country. While Democratic Congresswomen Zoe Lofgren ran into a hostile crowd on Monday night at a community meeting in Almaden Valley, she found friendlier faces outside her San Jose office on Tuesday, urging her not to waver from her support of the controversial health care effort embroiling the nation.

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US religious groups launch campaign for health care reform

August 12, 2009, ChristianToday

Religious groups in the US pushing for health care reform have launched a national campaign to counteract the very vocal opposition to President Obama’s proposals to revamp the country’s health care system.

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Faith groups launch campaign in favor of health care reform

August 11, 2009, CNN

Religious groups in favor of health care reform have launched a national campaign to offset the loud opposition to President Obama's plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, organizers announced.

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Faith leaders join health push

August 11, 2009, The Tennessean

Faith leaders from around the country launched a push Monday to portray health-care reform as a moral imperative. Many are featured in an ad that began running Monday on CNN, MSNBC and local Washington, D.C., channels.

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Faith-based group urges congressional leaders to reform health care

August 11, 2009, The Coloradoan

Faith-based proponents of health care took to the streets today to get the attention of more than 100 congressional representatives around the United States, including Rep. Betsy Markey.

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Health care town hall draws large crowd

August 11, 2009, North County Times

The debate over various prescriptions for health care reform came to North County Tuesday, with Rep. Brian Bilbray hosting an occasionally raucous town hall meeting in Rancho Bernardo that was followed by a group of clergy in Vista calling for an end to the often-vitriolic rhetoric attached to the issue.

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Progressive Religious Groups Line Up Behind Obama On Health Care

August 11, 2009, NPR

Just hours after the Obama administration launched a website today to battle what it has called "wild rumors" about its health care initiative, a coalition of progressive religious leaders entered the increasingly bitter national argument over the overhaul being debated in Washington.

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Religious Groups Take a Stand on Health Care Debate

August 11, 2009, San Diego News Network

Religious Americans ready for health care reform are turning up the pressure on lawmakers Tuesday with nationwide rallies asking for change by the end of 2009.

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Religious Progressives Flex New Muscle in Pushing Healthcare

August 11, 2009, U.S. News & World Report

With a new television ad out today and a national conference call featuring President Obama scheduled for next week, religious progressives advocating universal healthcare coverage are flexing their organizing muscle in a way not seen since the movement was jolted into action by the 2004 election.

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Faith Community Joins Health Care Debate

August 10, 2009, The National Journal

Leaders of religious communities across the country are no longer content leaving health care reform to politicians. Through a call-in event with President Obama, television advertisements, prayer rallies, meetings with members of Congress and sermons, a coalition of faith-based organizations hopes to show that health care reform is a "profoundly moral issue," said Katie Paris, spokeswoman for the group.

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Faith Groups to Help Obama on Health Care

August 10, 2009, CBS News

Having let his push for comprehensive health care refom become bogged down by confusion over the details of his plan, President Obama this month is turning to the religious community to rally support for the fundamental idea of expanding health care accessibility.

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Faith Leaders Campaign for Health Care Reform, Release TV Ad

August 10, 2009, beliefnet

A coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders has launched a national campaign for health care reform, calling it a "fundamental religious issue," in hopes of countering the vocal opposition exhibited at recent town hall meetings.

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Faith Leaders Taking on Health Care

August 10, 2009, WLTX-Columbia, SC

Faith leaders from around the country launched a push Monday to portray health care reform as a moral imperative. "This is no way for the most blessed country in the world to treat its most vulnerable citizens," said the Rev. John Hay, pastor of the West Morris Street Free Methodist Church in Indianapolis, Ind. "This is as much a crisis of faith as it is a crisis of health care. We just believe there is a better way for us to meet in the middle on some common ground to make sure everyone can access and afford health care."

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Faith groups begin media blitz for health-care reform

August 10, 2009, Associated Baptist Press

President Obama will participate in a national call-in and audio webcast on health reform with religious leaders Aug. 19. Faith leaders made the announcement Aug. 10 in a conference call with reporters. It is one of several initiatives being rolled out by a coalition of faith-based groups trying to frame health care as a moral issue.

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Health care ad features Indy pastor

August 10, 2009, Indianapolis Star

An Indianapolis evangelical leader is part of an effort launched by religious leaders today to push for health care reform as a moral imperative. "This is no way for the most blessed country in the world to treat its most vulnerable citizens," said the Rev. John Hay Jr., former senior pastor of West Morris Street Free Methodist Church. "This is as much a crisis of faith as it is a crisis of health care. We just believe there is a better way for us to meet in the middle on some common ground to make sure everyone can access and afford health care."

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LOCAL COPE REP TOUTS HEALTH CARE

August 10, 2009, The Daily Iberian

At the end of July, a local teacher got on a plane for the first time in 28 years to fly to Washington and advocate for health care reform.

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Obama Taps Into Religious Network for Health Care

August 10, 2009, Roll Call

President Barack Obama plans to tap into a national religious network to advance his health care agenda with a telephone appearance on Aug. 19. A coalition of interfaith religious groups backing health care reform has launched a 40-day campaign targeting 100 Members of Congress with a variety of local faith-based events and landed Obama as the headliner for a telephone call-in event next week.

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Religious Groups Plan 40-Day Campaign to Promote Health-Care Overhaul

August 10, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A coalition of religious organizations announced today it is sponsoring a 40-day campaign to convince Congress and the public that providing affordable health insurance to all Americans is a moral imperative.

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Religious take health reform to web and pulpit

August 10, 2009, National Catholic Reporter

President Barack Obama will be participating in a national call-in and webcast with faith leaders next Wednesday night, August 19. The call is being sponsored by a network of faith-based groups including Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Faith in Public Life, Sojourners, the National Council of Churches, and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.

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Faithful push for action on health-care reform

August 08, 2009, The Columbus Dispatch

God wouldn't deny anyone a doctor, affordable medicine or any other medical needs, religious leaders are preaching in the midst of a nationwide debate about health-care reform. Faith groups are lobbying Congress and working to gain support among laypeople for a health-care system that offers affordable coverage to all, though they largely leave the specifics of how that would happen to the legislators.

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Religious Health Care Supporters Launching Campaign

August 07, 2009, The Washington Post

In the latest escalation of health care battle, faith leaders supporting the health care reform announced Friday morning that they're launching a major push that will include a TV ad campaign, nationwide prayer events and a "health care sermon weekend," rallies and call-ins to congress.

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Going into the August Recess, Health Reform is an Act of Faith

August 04, 2009, ABC News

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Interfaith discussion on health reform gives timeliness top priority

August 04, 2009, The Catholic Review

The Rev. Drew Nettinga opened a prayer breakfast July 28 at the U.S. Capitol with a reminder to Congress that he and other people of faith will be vigilant and persistent on the issue of health care reform.

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Christians Weigh In On Health Care Reform

August 03, 2009, Huffington Post - New York,NY

Huffington Post blogger Rob Warmowski asked an important question about health care reform last week: Where are the Christians in this debate?

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Economy threatens health insurance coverage for California children

August 01, 2009, eMaxHealth - Hickory,NC

Up to 500 thousand children in California could lose their health insurance money because of California's $24 billion shortfall, including a $1.4 billion cut to Medi-Cal, the state's version of Medicaid.

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The faith factor

August 01, 2009, Washington Times

Look for the signs emblazoned "No recess for reform" and lots of "amens" Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

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Banks Asked to Ramp Up Loan Help

July 29, 2009, The Washington Post

Senior administration officials pressed executives from the nation's largest banks Tuesday to speed help to distressed borrowers after a frustrating start to the government's foreclosure-prevention effort and set a goal of more than doubling the number of homeowners receiving aid by November.

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Pulling Together on Health Care

July 25, 2009, Washington Post

Some community organizations and national faith groups are joining forces and setting aside differences to promote congressional action on what they consider a moral imperative.

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Fed urged to do more to protect homeowners

July 19, 2009, The Buffalo News

Consumer advocates nationwide are calling on lawmakers and regulators, especially the Federal Reserve, to strengthen a pair of decades-old laws governing lending in low-income and minority communities.

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Faith Groups Engage on Reform

July 08, 2009, The Washington Post

Members of Jewish, Muslim and Christian denominations gathered yesterday for a "Religious Leaders Health Care Summit" on Capitol Hill hosted by the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism, the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society, The National Coalition on Health Care and Families USA.

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San Mateo County clergy helping undocumented families stay together

July 08, 2009, San Mateo County Times

vette Jimenez and her five siblings lost their father in December after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested him outside their home and deported him to Mexico. The kids, living in a family shelter with their undocumented mother, are scared she will be taken away, too.

Pastor pushes health plans

July 07, 2009, South Jersey Courier Post

A Camden minister spoke out during a national phone-in press conference on Monday to stress the importance of getting more eligible children signed up for federally funded health insurance -- and to urge groups to seek new federal grant money for community outreach.

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Religious Leaders Voice Support of Health Overhaul

July 06, 2009, Congressional Quarterly

The health care debate extended to Christian radio stations in several key states during the July Fourth congressional recess, as a coalition of community organizing networks and national religious advocacy groups released ads urging senators to support health care overhaul.

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Make care available to those in need

July 05, 2009, Camden Courier-Post

This month, as Congress releases preliminary versions of health care reform legislation, families around the country are watching anxiously hoping that reform actually translates into better, more affordable and accessible coverage.

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Bennet engages religious leaders in health-care debate

July 03, 2009, The Colorado Independent

As members of Congress return to their states for the July Fourth recess, national health care reform, one of the thorniest of the thorny legislative initiatives lawmakers are grappling with this term, brought U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet to a Thursday night discussion hosted by Rev. Bill Calhoun at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church in Denver.

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Faithful pitch in on health care

July 03, 2009, The Denver Post

A national coalition of liberal faith groups is pushing for "affordable health care for all families" through a radio ad campaign this week in Colorado and four other states.

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Ad Update: Religious Groups Back Reform, Unions Target Senators' Tax Plans

July 02, 2009, Medical News Today

"Labor unions are showing their increasing displeasure over [health reform] financing proposals that target their healthcare benefits by launching attack ads against key lawmakers, causing the Senate's leading advocate of taxing such benefits to seek an end to one especially aggressive campaign," Congress Daily reports.

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Bennet Talking Health Reform At Church

July 02, 2009, Associated Press

Sen. Michael Bennet is headed to a Presbyterian church in Denver to talk about health care reform with a pastor pushing for change.

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Clergy now pushing for health care reform bill

July 02, 2009, The Herald-Sun, Durham North Carolina

Pastors are trying to get the word out about the need for affordable health care. Clergy in five states are taking to the radio airwaves now through Saturday in a plea to their senators to pass health care reform.

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Ad Update: Religious Groups Back Reform, Unions Target Senators' Tax Plans

July 01, 2009, Kaiser Health News

"Labor unions are showing their increasing displeasure over [health reform] financing proposals that target their healthcare benefits by launching attack ads against key lawmakers, causing the Senate's leading advocate of taxing such benefits to seek an end to one especially aggressive campaign," Congress Daily reports.

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HEALTH REFORM: Faith Based Groups: "America Can Do Better"

July 01, 2009, New America Foundation-The New Health Dialogue Blog

Industry groups may be holding their ad fireworks until after the Fourth of July, but a coalition of a faith-based groups will take to the airwaves this Independence Day weekend with ads presenting health care reform as a moral and ethical imperative.

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Preaching for health reform

July 01, 2009, Arkansas Times

Church leaders, including Episcopal deacon Joyce Hardy of Little Rock, will speak up for health care reform in ads placed on Christian and mainstream radio stations over the Independence Day congressional recess.

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Wal-Mart, union back health item In letter to Obama, they say employers should provide workers coverage

July 01, 2009, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Meanwhile, an array of interest groups are broadcasting commercials aimed at affecting the debate. In Arkansas, a coalition of religious leaders is running a round of radio spots calling for senators to support legislation "that makes quality health-care choices affordable for all families."

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A Faith-Based Push For Health Care

June 30, 2009, The Atlantic

A coalition of progressively minded faith-based groups is waging a campaign to support health care reform (which launched in May), and it's put out a series of new ads that will air on Christian radio today through July 4, targeting senators in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Nebraska, and North Carolina--states belonging loosely to the Bible belt whose moderate senators often cast swing votes in the upper chamber--as they return home for Congress's July 4 recess.

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Denver pastor pushes health reform

June 30, 2009, Fox Channel 31-Denver, CO

A Denver pastor is lobbying for health care reforms and asking Congress to expand access to health care.

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Faith groups targeting N.C. senators

June 30, 2009, The News & Observer-Raleigh. NC

Faith-based organizations are targeting U.S. Sens. Kay Hagan and Richard Burr during the Fourth of July weekend.

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Faith leaders use radio ad campaign to urge health care reform

June 30, 2009, Episcopal News Service

The Ven. Joyce Hardy, archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas and member of the Episcopal Church's Executive Council, has joined other faith leaders in launching a local radio ad campaign in support of the more than 50 million Americans who cannot afford adequate health care.

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For affordable health care

June 30, 2009, The Raleigh News & Observer

Faith-based organizations are targeting U.S. Sens. Kay Hagan and Richard Burr during the Fourth of July weekend.

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Jesus and Health Care

June 30, 2009, CBN

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Liberal pastors push healthcare overhaul

June 30, 2009, The Boston Globe

With members of Congress back home this week for the July Fourth recess, left-leaning religious groups today announced a series of radio ads promoting the moral argument for a healthcare overhaul.

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New Ads Use Book of Isaiah and Local Pastors to Sell Healthcare Reform

June 30, 2009, U.S. News & World Report

A week after a left-leaning faith group enlisted a Franciscan sister to sell the climate bill on the Indiana radio waves, another progressive faith outfit is using the Bible's Book of Isaiah to sell healthcare reform in other red states.

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Pastors push affordable health care

June 30, 2009, Presbyterian news Service

More than 600 pastors from across the country — including a score of Presbyterians — have launched a radio advertising campaign in five key states to advocate for affordable health care for all U.S. families.

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Pastors push healthcare overhaul

June 30, 2009, Boston Globe

With members of Congress back home this week for the July Fourth recess, left-leaning religious groups today announced a series of radio ads promoting the moral argument for a healthcare overhaul.

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Prophet Isaiah Weighs in for Health Care Reform

June 30, 2009, Beliefnet

In 1993, religious groups were an insignificant part of the health care reform debate. This time groups like the Family Research Council are weighing in hard against, while progressive religious folks are working hard to generate grassroots support for health care reform.

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Religious Groups' Radio Ads Back Health Overhaul

June 30, 2009, AP

Liberal-leaning religious groups are launching radio ads in five states this week in which local pastors urge senators to back efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system.

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U.S. faith groups push for healthcare reform

June 30, 2009, Reuters

A coalition of progressive U.S. faith groups and pastors has launched a push for affordable health care reform, an effort they say is rooted in a "scriptural call to act."

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Opinion: Reform must address costs

June 04, 2009, Baton Rouge Advocate

In radio ads airing this week here in Louisiana and across Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Missouri and Nebraska — states where members of Congress will likely determine the fate of health-care reform — pastors are reminding our elected officials that making health care affordable is a profound moral issue because every human life is sacred.

Four Florida groups unite in federation for social justice

June 01, 2009, The Florida Catholic

Florida has four faith-based community groups that work for social justice as part of People Improving Communities Through Organizing, better known as the PICO National Network.

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Faith-based groups push for health-care reform

May 28, 2009, Associated Baptist Press

Ads airing on Christian and mainstream radio stations in several states are attempting to frame health care as a moral issue.

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Dems, GOP to address health care

May 26, 2009, Politico

And representing a new voice in the debate, a coalition of progressive faith groups is running a series of radio spots in key congressional districts that feature local pastors talking about the need for a health care fix.

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News ads ramp up battle on health reform

May 25, 2009, Washington Times

Interest groups are using Congress' Memorial Day recess to step up their role in the debate over health care reform with new television ads and media campaigns in several states.

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Clergy mobilize for stronger faith-based voice in health care debate

May 23, 2009, Georgia Bulletin

Catholic and Protestant clergy are taking to the radio airwaves and to their pulpits in an effort to bring a stronger faith-based voice to the ongoing discussions in Congress on health care reform.

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Local minister part of radio campaign

May 23, 2009, Baton Rouge Advocate

The debate over health-care reform is taking on a spiritual tone this weekend with an interfaith radio campaign in several states, including Louisiana.

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Senators: Odds good for health-care accord

May 23, 2009, Arkansas Democrat Gazette

In addition, a coalition of religious leaders from seven states, including Arkansas, kicked off a radio advertising campaign stressing the need to make health care affordable and accessible to all Americans.

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Christian ads urge health care reform

May 22, 2009, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

A faith-based Christian radio ad campaign launching today in seven so-called swing states, including Indiana, is advocating health care changes on moral grounds.

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Christian radio ads pushing universal healthcare harnesses local faith-based influence

May 22, 2009, U.S. News & World Report

A coalition of liberal faith groups is up with a new Christian radio ad today promoting universal healthcare coverage.

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Clergy advocate health reform

May 22, 2009, WorldMag.com Blog

Obama is urging comprehensive health care reform by the end of the year, and a national network of clergy is doing the same. The group is starting a nationwide campaign to advocate for health care reform, buying radio ads featuring local clergy and airing them in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri and Nebraska.

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Faith-based campaign

May 22, 2009, Kaiser Network Capitol Hill Watch

Faith-based groups Faithful America and Cover All Families have launched a campaign on Christian radio stations advocating for health care reform, the Wall Street Journal's "Washington Wire" reports.

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Moral reasons for health care reform

May 22, 2009, National Catholic Reporter

The radio ads, which can be found here, will be playing on Christian and mainstream radio station in swing districts. Radio listeners in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri and Nebraska will soon hear that "every person, created in the image of God, is of limitless value."

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Pastors launch national campaign for health care reform

May 22, 2009, Christian Post

Local pastors from around the country launched a national campaign Thursday to pressure Congress into quickly finding a way to make health care affordable for every American family.

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Pastors push for health care reform

May 22, 2009, Tikkun

The Religious Left is alive and kicking! The latest evidence? A group of pastors and priests have launched a national radio ad campaign calling on the government to ensure affordable health care for all.

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Advocating for Health Care: On the Air and On the Ground

May 21, 2009, Faith in Public Life Blog

Ads running on Christian radio feature local clergy in key states--Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri and Nebraska-- complement hundreds of events in local congregations across the country, including public meetings with Members of Congress, and other local and national lobbying efforts.

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Christian Groups launch Ad Campaign Pushing Health Reform

May 21, 2009, Washington Post

A coalition of Christian groups are launching a radio ad campaign in southern and Midwestern states calling for bipartisan cooperation in passing affordable health care reform.

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Democrats seek God as Ally in Health Care Debate

May 21, 2009, Wall Street Journal - Washington Wire

The somewhat left-leaning group and a new similarly progressive organization, Cover All Families, have launched a campaign on Christian radio that says supporting health care reform is nothing less than God's work.

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New frontier in faith-based activism -- affordable health care

May 21, 2009, Indianapolis Star

Rev. John Hay Jr. says his West Morris Street Free Methodist Church in Indianapolis has long had conservative political tendencies. But when it comes to the current debate over health care reform, Hay, at left, says both he and his church are seeing the need for an atypical position for conservatives -- a greater government role in health care.

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Progressive faith groups advertise on Christian radio

May 21, 2009, Washington Post

Christian radio sure has been hearing a lot from liberal- and progressive-backed groups lately.

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Christian leaders for health care

May 20, 2009, Colorado-Springs Gazette

Pastors from across America, including one from Colorado, will hold a telephone press conference Thursday to talk about a Christian grassroots campaign for healthcare reform.

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Faith Groups Get Involved In Health Care

May 19, 2009, The Atlantic Online

As a wide array of businesses, interest groups, and unions speak up on health care with reform efforts moving forward, so too are faith groups: a coalition of progressive and community-organizing-oriented religious groups will run ads on Christian radio starting Thursday (running through next week) in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri and Nebraska and will hold events with congregations nationwide

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Health care that's affordable, too

May 08, 2009, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Reform Blog

As the pastor of a church in Louisiana, I often receive phone calls from church members who are in the hospital. When the mother of Connie, one of our members, went in for knee replacement surgery, I wasn’t surprised when she called me up. But I was surprised when Connie said she wasn’t calling to ask for prayers for her mom.

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Community Organizing never looked so good

April 12, 2009, New York Times

QUINN RALLINS, 23, graduated magna cum laude last year from Morehouse College with a dual major in international studies and Spanish. This spring, Mr. Rallins is finishing his master's degree in comparative social policy at Oxford. His next step? Top financial and technology companies and nonprofit groups have expressed interest in hiring him. Even in this economy, he has options. But Mr. Rallins wants to be a community organizer - just like the world's most famous one, Barack Obama.

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Former California homeowners lash out at builder

April 03, 2009, New York Times

Timothy Lilienthal, a spokesman for PICO National Network, a religious group that has protested and organized around the foreclosure issue, said the criticism of KB reflected a broader unhappiness with banks.

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"Recovery Express" rolls into D.C.

March 10, 2009, ABC 7 Washington

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'Recovery Express' appeals to Congress for help on home foreclosures

March 10, 2009, Catholic News Service

Come March 26 Jaime Silahua and his family are facing life on the streets. His bank, it turns out, is foreclosing on his home in Antioch, Calif. It didn't matter, Silahua said, that he tried to renegotiate the terms of his loan, citing economic hardship brought on by his teenage son's yearlong treatment for leukemia. The bank turned down his appeal, saying his income fell just below the amount needed to qualify as a hardship case.

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CNN Video: "Recovery Express" arrives to D.C.

March 10, 2009, CNN Headline News

CNN coverage PICO's "Recovery Express" arrival to D.C. after a cross-country tour visiting communities hard hit by the foreclosure crisis and recession.

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Camden prayer rally tries to help out homeowners

March 10, 2009, Courier Post

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Flint residents and officials back home loan petition

March 10, 2009, Flint Journal

Flint voices will be among those calling on President Barack Obama today to address the foreclosure crisis. In a forum Sunday at Quinn Chapel AME in Flint, elected and community leaders discussed the economic and emotional impact of people losing their homes.

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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.

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United Methodists join rally against foreclosures

March 10, 2009, United Methodist News Service

As a community organizer in Kansas City, the Rev. Dale Shotts has firsthand experience of the effects of home foreclosures on families and neighborhoods. "People are losing their homes because our nation has made a god of excessive profits, and we have not listened to the voice of real prophets of many faith traditions," declared Shotts, who is director of social justice ministries at St. Luke's United Methodist Church and a leader of "Communities Creating Opportunity" in Kansas City.

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Local groups wants to stop foreclosures

March 09, 2009, CBS 2 Chicago

They pulled up in a bus emblazoned with the words "Recovery Express" and then they got off and began to sing -- their goal to pick up passengers to join their cross country caravan to Washington to stop preventable foreclosures. And judging by the reception they received in the Indo-American Center on the North side, they'll have plenty of volunteers.

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Recovery Express focuses on Flint home foreclosures

March 09, 2009, ABC 12 Michigan

Top government leaders joined concerned citizens on Sunday night to urge the federal government not to forget about Flint in the economic recovery process. An event called the "Recovery Express Rally" was held at the Quinn Chapel AME Church.

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A bus ride away from foreclosure

March 07, 2009, KCBS

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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.

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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.

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Stop Preventable Foreclosures

March 07, 2009, Central Valley IndyMedia

Faith in Community held a rally today in front of Saint John's Cathedral to protest the high level of forecloses in Fresno and throughout the country. In 2008 alone, banks foreclosed on 12,571 homes in the Fresno region, a 102.5 percent increase over the previous year.

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'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.

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'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.

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Obama: SCHIP bill is 'first step' toward health coverage for all

February 13, 2009, Catholic News Service

A few hours before the signing, a Catholic mother of three spoke in a teleconference about her reliance on Florida's SCHIP plan, called KidCare, to treat her son's heart condition and her daughter's asthma. "It was a lifesaver for me," said Nilda Santana, a member of Good Shepherd Church in Orlando, Fla., who said she was unable to afford health insurance through her employer.

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Health insurance bill gets signature

February 05, 2009, The Times-Picayune

Among those attending the White House signing ceremony was Ashanti George-Paulin and her son, Joshua, 11, who was born with a speech impediment. George-Paulin said SCHIP has allowed her son to undergo speech therapy and helped make him a healthy and good student.

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Obama signs children's health expansion

February 05, 2009, Oakland Tribune

The Rev. George Cummings, of Oakland, was in the White House on Wednesday to see a dream come true.

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The Fight for SCHIP is Won

February 05, 2009, Beliefnet

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SCHIP & The Gospel of Life

February 04, 2009, America Magazine

Housing Opportunities
Record foreclosures in Bay Area, state in 2008

January 28, 2009, San Francisco Chronicle

Foreclosures and default notices hit new highs for California and the Bay Area in 2008, according to a real estate report released Tuesday.

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Holiday evictions show gaps in mortgage loan aid

December 03, 2008, USA Today

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Home foreclosure crisis demands action at all levels

December 03, 2008, San Jose Mercury News

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Coming Together in a Crisis

November 29, 2008, Washington Post

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Let's have some support for property values

November 23, 2008, Kansas City Star

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City residents lobby in Washington

November 19, 2008, South Coast Today

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Clergy rally in D.C. for homeowner protections

November 19, 2008, USA Today

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Central California activists plead for foreclosure aid

November 18, 2008, McClatchy Newspapers

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Clergy pray at an interfaith prayer concerning the mortgage crisis

November 18, 2008, Catholic News Service

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Clergy to feds: Help curb foreclosures

November 18, 2008, Boston Herald

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Lynn group eyes fix for foreclosure

November 18, 2008, The Daily Item

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More negative signs for US housing market

November 18, 2008, The Associated Press

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Praying for Relief for Homeowners

November 18, 2008, ABC News

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Brockton Interfaith leaders go to Washington to address city's foreclosure crisis

November 17, 2008, The Enterprise

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Kansas City CCO presses for national solution to mortgage foreclosure crisis

November 14, 2008, The Catholic Key

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U.S., lenders ease delinquent loan workouts

November 12, 2008, San Francisco Chronicle

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Clergy, Faith Leaders Meet About Foreclosures

November 10, 2008, KCTV CBS 5 News Kansas City

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Faith-Based Group Helps Fight Foreclosures

November 10, 2008, KSHB NBC News Kansas City

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Group Asks Fed To Help Homeowners In Trouble

November 10, 2008, KMBC ABC News Kansas City

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Democrats To Make Children's Health Program a Top Priority

November 06, 2008, CQ Politics

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Faith groups fighting banks on foreclosures

November 02, 2008, The Boston Globe

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FDIC Plan Tests Limits of Leniency

November 01, 2008, Wall Street Journal

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Faith-based effort to avert foreclosures

October 28, 2008, San Francisco Chronicle

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Hundreds attend Antioch event in effort to stem home foreclosures

October 28, 2008, Contra Costa Times

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California Faith Groups Fight Banks on Foreclosures

October 27, 2008, Bloomber News

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GOP criticism angers some community organizers

September 05, 2008, Associated Press

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GOP's strawman: 'Community organizer'

September 04, 2008, Chicago Tribune

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A Moral Prescription: Faith Community Backs Progressive Proposals for Health

August 29, 2008, Center for American Progress

School Improvement
Prominent Education Reformers Call for Longer School Days, Performance-Driven Teacher Pay, Expanded Public School Choice

August 24, 2008, Market Watch

Church joins national effort to pray for children's health

October 13, 2007, San Jose Mercury News

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Pressure builds on holdouts to override kids health

October 12, 2007, Home News Tribune

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A Call to Prayer Over SCHIP: Believers Say It Could Make the Difference

October 09, 2007, CQ Today

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Healthcare vote likely to affect '08 elections

September 27, 2007, Cox News Service

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Rev. Mier invited to DC in push for child health care

September 26, 2007, Fall River Herald News

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Rev. Mier invited to DC in push for child health care

September 26, 2007, Fall River Herald News

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Democrats Play Down Grassley's Warning About Need for Quick SCHIP Deal

September 11, 2007, Congressional Quarterly Today

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Democrats Play Down Grassley's Warning About Need for Quick SCHIP Deal

September 11, 2007, Congressional Quarterly Today

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Democrats push child health care

August 30, 2007, Sacramento Bee

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Democrats push child health care

August 30, 2007, Sacramento Bee

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ELCA Presiding Bishop Calls for Increase in Children's Health Program

July 03, 2007, Worldwide Faith News

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ELCA Presiding Bishop Calls for Increase in Children's Health Program

July 03, 2007, Worldwide Faith News

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Catholic, other faith leaders urge quick action to expand children's health insurance

June 14, 2007, Catholic Online

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Catholic, other faith leaders urge quick action to expand children's health insurance

June 14, 2007, Catholic Online

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Faith leaders urge quick action to expand children's health insurance

June 14, 2007, Catholic Online

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Faith leaders urge quick action to expand children's health insurance

June 14, 2007, Catholic Online

Immigration Reform
Immigration Raid Parents Testify in DC

May 16, 2007, PRNewswire

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No Sick Child Left Behind

April 26, 2007, Christianity Today

Immigration Reform
Deported Immigrants' Kids Face Dilemma

April 04, 2007, AP

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Faith leaders continue kids' health effort

March 20, 2007, UPI

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Lawmakers look to double money for kids' health insurance

March 18, 2007, Ocean County Observer

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Congress seeks more money for children's health insurance

March 17, 2007, Central Ohio News, Bucyrus Telegraph

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Health picture brighter for kids

March 17, 2007, Springfield News-Leader

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Boost sought for children's health insurance

March 16, 2007, Battle Creek Enquirer

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Congress moves to fund kids' health insurance

March 16, 2007, Gannett News Service, Cherry Hill Courier-Post

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Lawmakers seek to double funds for kids insurance

March 16, 2007, New Brunswick Home News Tribune

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Children called "gift of God," as faith leaders urge U.S. Congress to expand youth health care

March 08, 2007, Catholic Online

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Religious Groups Push Health Coverage for Children

March 08, 2007, Religion News Service

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Leaders: God Wants Uninsured Kids Covered

March 06, 2007, UPI

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Religious Leaders Promote Expanded Health Coverage

March 06, 2007, Worldwide Faith News

Neighborhood Revitalization
U.S. Clergy Push Washington to End Katrina Aid Delays

March 19, 2006, Christian Today

Neighborhood Revitalization
Churches From Around the U.S. Come to New Orleans United to Rebuild

March 18, 2006, WGNO-TV

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Katrina Aid Delay Blasted by Clergy Group

March 18, 2006, The Times-Picayune

Neighborhood Revitalization
Local clergy group meets with government officials on housing,

March 18, 2006, WWLTV

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Critican plan de reforma de Medicaid

September 13, 2005, La Opinion

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PICO LIFT Press Conference at the National Press Club

September 13, 2005, C-SPAN

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More than 1 million children could lose Medicaid coverage

September 12, 2005, Congressional Quarterly Health Beat

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Grassroots Religious Leaders Talk With Lawmakers

November 19, 2004, WCHSTV

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Grassroots Religious Leaders Talk with Lawmakers

November 19, 2004, Christian Broadcasting Network

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Ministers press for moral shift in politics

November 19, 2004, Times-Picayune

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Multifaith group puts own spin on values

November 19, 2004, San Francisco Chronicle

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Interfaith group branches out

November 17, 2004, Daily Comet