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Interfaith Funders
CBCO News Archive 2009 and earlier
December 21, 2009 (Washington DC); Health care reform bill progresses through the Senate, hailed and criticized
by community and faith leaders.
December 14,2009 (Washington, DC): Faith Leaders of the PICO network and Sojourners called on the Obama
administration to relieve foreclosures for homeowners who have lost their jobs. Find out more
November 1-6, 2009: (Brockton and San Francisco, CA) PICO faith leaders hold town meeting with Chairman Barney
Frank to call on the Treasury to help homeowners who have lost their jobs, and called on Bank of America to
voluntarily modify loans.
November 6-7, 2009: (Chicago) "From Saul Alinsky to Barack Obama and Beyond.." Chicago Community Organizing
Summit by the Woods Fund of Chicago featured a presentation Seizing the Moment: Frank Advice for Community
Organizers Who Want to Raise More Money" by Aaron Dorfman of NCRP and Marjorie Fine of CCC. Read it here
November 1-6, 2009: (Brockton and San Francisco, CA) PICO faith leaders hold town meeting with Chairman Barney
Frank to call on the Treasury to help homeowners who have lost their jobs, and called on Bank of America to
voluntarily modify loans.
November 6-7, 2009: (Chicago) "From Saul Alinsky to Barack Obama and Beyond.." Chicago Community Organizing
Summit by the Woods Fund of Chicago featured a presentation Seizing the Moment: Frank Advice for Community
Organizers Who Want to Raise More Money" by Aaron Dorfman of NCRP and Marjorie Fine of CCC. Read it here
October 16, 2009 (Oklahoma City, OK): Diverse local faith leaders interviewed on their positive vision for Oklahoma
Sponsoring Committee's community organizing Read it here
October 2, 2009: (national) DART Organizers Institute releases video on their grassroots community organizer
training. DEADLINE FOR 2010 Institute: Dec. 15, 2010 See the video and find out more
October 2, 2009: Gamaliel Foundation President Ann Smith condemns the intentional distortion of a video of
interfaith prayer by several media outlets and bloggers, criticizing the "illegitimate" misinformation, and calls on Lou
Dobbs, Glenn Beck and others to apologize to the clergy and congregation members involved.
Read it here
October. 22, 2009: (Walla Walla, WA) Alinsky symposium sparks topics of community activism and organizing at
Whitman college, on the centennial of Saul Alinsky's birth. Saul's son Dave and others noted the valuable
contribution of community organizing to democracy. Read about it here in the campus paper.
September 30, 2009: (Minneapolis): Over 100 funders, social justice organizers and allies attend release event of
Strengthening Democracy Increasing Opportunities report on how 15 Minnesota organizations leveraged foundation
support to bring in $136 in equivalent benefits for every dollar spend. Link here to the National Committee on
Responsive Philanthropy to learn more
August 19, 2009: (Nationwide): An estimated 140,000 people, including thousands from the PICO network, were on
a historic national faith community conference call on health care reform with Pres. Obama. Drawing on the moral
imperative of the faith traditions, the gigantic online Action called on Congress to pass health insurance reform this
fall. Find out more
August 11, 2009: (50 US Cities) the PICO National Network kicked off the "40 Days of Health Care Reform" with a
national action of 50 prayer rallies in 18 states reaching over 100 members of Congress, and in partnership with
Faith in Public Life and other allies, launched an ad campaign featuring PICO leaders. Find out more
August 1, 2009: (Kansas City, MO) Faith and community leaders from Communities Creating Opportunity (PICO)
and National Peoples' Action affiliates GRO and Sunflower Community Action presented a joint platform to Federal
Reserve representations, calling for lending and foreclosure reforms, as part of a national series of community
hearings. Find out more
July 22, 2009: (Five US cities and London): Metro IAF affiliates hold joint actions to launch 10% is Enough campaign
for a 10% cap on interest rates banks charge in the US and Great Britain, visit the Metro IAF website for background
and media www.10percentisenough.org
July 15, 2009: (Des Moines, IA) the Register publishes Organize Communities to Battle Inequality, by Deepak
Bhargava, director of Center for Community Change Find out more
June 24, 2009: (Washington, DC): Interfaith Service of Witness and Prayer for Health Care attended by a thousand
leaders of 40 denominations, organizing networks, and faith organizations, sponsored by Believe Together: Health
Care for All. Find out more
June 11, 2009: (Richmond, CA): Two hundred people from PICO affiliate Contra Costa Interfaith Sponsoring
Community Organization teamed with National Peoples' Action to kick off a series of Federal Reserve hearings in ten
cities hard hit by foreclosure and financial crisis. Find out more
June 11, 2009: (Overland Park, KS): A hundred ten leaders gather for the African American Leadership Assembly of
the Gamaliel Foundation, details in the July 07 edition of Organizing, The Gamaliel International Newsletter. Find out
more
May 11, 2009: (Toledo, OH): Nearly 1200 rallied as TUSA, a DART affiliate, called for consistent school discipline,
green jobs, and remediation of abandoned housing. Find out more
April 12, 2009: (New York, NY): Community organizing featured as Career, with such fashion trend setters as
Marshall Gans, in the Style Section of the New York Times.
March 11, 2009 (Washington, DC): CBCOs, other clergy and churches with the Transportation Equity Network push
for stimulus funds for public transit projects and jobs. Find out more
March 10, 2009: (Antioch, CA to Washington, DC) PICO's "Recovery Express" cross-country caravan arrives in DC for
rallies and lobby days, after visiting 8 cities hard-hit by the economic crisis. Find out more
March 6, 2009 (Phoenix, AZ): Arizona Interfaith and ACORN press for remediation of substandard jail conditions and
reform of immigration practices by notorious local sheriff.
Feb. 5, 2009: (Washington, DC): The Washington Post reports on the Center for Community Change mobilizing
grassroots activists to maximize the impact of Pres. Obama's first 100 days.
Read more
Feb. 4, 2009: (Washington, DC): As President Obama signs the Children's Health Care (SCHIP) bill into law, the
PICO National Network celebrates victory for a long campaign with great meaning for their members. Find out more
January 20, 2009 (Washington, DC): Millions watch as the United States inaugurates the first President, Barack H.
Obama, with training in community organizing. Read his article on organizing in Illinois (1990) and find out more
about his history with the Gamaliel Network.
Organizing pays, according to a new report presented by the National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy to the
NM Association of Grantmakers. Albuquerque Interfaith (IAF) among the 14 NM organizations leveraging $157 per
grant dollar. Find out more
Nov. 17-18, 2008 (Washington, DC): Hundreds of PICO leaders and clergy from over 30 cities call on congressional
offices and the Obama transition team for swift passage of SCHIP, and hold prayer vigil at the Treasury Dept. to
spotlight the need for relief from foreclosures. Find out more
Oct. 29, 2008 (Washington, DC) In response to attacks on its voter registration practices, ACORN fights back with
lawsuits and a 30 sec ad, and works to turn out 1000s of voters. Find out more
September, 2008: Organizing is in the news following statements made by AK gov. Sarah Palin at the Republican
National Convention. Interfaith Funders has created a digest to debunk the insults. Link here
September 1, 2008: The PICO National Network rallies congregational members nationwide to support ther
counterparts as the Gulf Coast evacuates for Hurrican Gustav. Find out more
July 9, 2008 (Chicago, IL): Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) Affiliate United Power for Action and Justice calls on
Obama campaign advertising firm to drop contract opposing constitutional reforms, cited in Chicago Sun Times
editorial read it here
July 8, 2008: Organizing with Obama: Faith and Action By IRA CHERNUS on Religion Dispatches. read it here
July 6, 2008 (New York) The Long Run: Obama's Organizing Years, Guiding Others and Finding Himself, By
SERGE KOVALESKI in the New York Times. read it here
July, 2008: "Will Obama Inspire a New Generation of Organizers," by Peter Dreier, in Dissent read it here
June 18, 2008 (Oakland, CA): PICO Network News features campaigns across the country and beyond with victories
for housing, health care, youth and more. Find out more
June 4 (Los Angeles): Found in Translation: PICO Affiliate LA VOICE's community leadership development in
Ramona Gardens is documented in a series by author MARTIN LASTRAPES. read it here
May, 2008 (San Francisco): PICO affiliate San Francisco Organizing Project (SFOP), together with ACORN and the
San Francisco Labor Council, announced a major binding benefits agreement that includes over 3,500 units of
affordable housing and $17 million in workforce development. Find out more
April 24, 2008: (Washington, DC) Jewish Funds for Justice director SIMON GREER's guest article "Sharing
Hardship and Prosperity" in the Washington Post "On Faith" Blog read it here
April 23, 2008: (Los Angeles) PICO Affiliate LA Voice leaders rally to celebrate zoning victory keeping alcohol and
related businesses away from schools. Find out more
April 9, 2008: (St. Petersburg, FL) Catholic Bishop Robert Lynch congratulates thousands of DART leaders attending
FAST and HOPE actions. Read his letter and find out more about DART
April 9, 2008: (Philadephia, PA) Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University just released a study
showing that sophisticated grassroots community organizing produces major improvements in student
achievement. Find out more about this report, and other news from the PICO National Network.
April, 2008: "Organizing Hope: Tapping the reservoirs of church and community" shows new influence of CBCO on
politics, by Danny Duncan Collum in Sojourners Magazine Find out more
March 31, 2008: "Faith and Power" article by Henry G. Brinton on how congregations can achieve justice by getting
comfortable with power, in The Presbyterian Outlook. Find out more
March 9, 2008: (San Diego, CA) Over 1300 gather to kick off "Year of the Youth" campaign lead by San Diego
Organizing Project. Find out more
February 10, 2008 (Denver): PICO Colorado and Metro Organizations for People rally with allies to proclaim, "All Kids
Covered by 2010!" Find out more about this campaign, and other news from the PICO National Network.
News from 2007
News from 2006 and prior:
by community and faith leaders.
December 14,2009 (Washington, DC): Faith Leaders of the PICO network and Sojourners called on the Obama
administration to relieve foreclosures for homeowners who have lost their jobs. Find out more
November 1-6, 2009: (Brockton and San Francisco, CA) PICO faith leaders hold town meeting with Chairman Barney
Frank to call on the Treasury to help homeowners who have lost their jobs, and called on Bank of America to
voluntarily modify loans.
November 6-7, 2009: (Chicago) "From Saul Alinsky to Barack Obama and Beyond.." Chicago Community Organizing
Summit by the Woods Fund of Chicago featured a presentation Seizing the Moment: Frank Advice for Community
Organizers Who Want to Raise More Money" by Aaron Dorfman of NCRP and Marjorie Fine of CCC. Read it here
November 1-6, 2009: (Brockton and San Francisco, CA) PICO faith leaders hold town meeting with Chairman Barney
Frank to call on the Treasury to help homeowners who have lost their jobs, and called on Bank of America to
voluntarily modify loans.
November 6-7, 2009: (Chicago) "From Saul Alinsky to Barack Obama and Beyond.." Chicago Community Organizing
Summit by the Woods Fund of Chicago featured a presentation Seizing the Moment: Frank Advice for Community
Organizers Who Want to Raise More Money" by Aaron Dorfman of NCRP and Marjorie Fine of CCC. Read it here
October 16, 2009 (Oklahoma City, OK): Diverse local faith leaders interviewed on their positive vision for Oklahoma
Sponsoring Committee's community organizing Read it here
October 2, 2009: (national) DART Organizers Institute releases video on their grassroots community organizer
training. DEADLINE FOR 2010 Institute: Dec. 15, 2010 See the video and find out more
October 2, 2009: Gamaliel Foundation President Ann Smith condemns the intentional distortion of a video of
interfaith prayer by several media outlets and bloggers, criticizing the "illegitimate" misinformation, and calls on Lou
Dobbs, Glenn Beck and others to apologize to the clergy and congregation members involved.
Read it here
October. 22, 2009: (Walla Walla, WA) Alinsky symposium sparks topics of community activism and organizing at
Whitman college, on the centennial of Saul Alinsky's birth. Saul's son Dave and others noted the valuable
contribution of community organizing to democracy. Read about it here in the campus paper.
September 30, 2009: (Minneapolis): Over 100 funders, social justice organizers and allies attend release event of
Strengthening Democracy Increasing Opportunities report on how 15 Minnesota organizations leveraged foundation
support to bring in $136 in equivalent benefits for every dollar spend. Link here to the National Committee on
Responsive Philanthropy to learn more
August 19, 2009: (Nationwide): An estimated 140,000 people, including thousands from the PICO network, were on
a historic national faith community conference call on health care reform with Pres. Obama. Drawing on the moral
imperative of the faith traditions, the gigantic online Action called on Congress to pass health insurance reform this
fall. Find out more
August 11, 2009: (50 US Cities) the PICO National Network kicked off the "40 Days of Health Care Reform" with a
national action of 50 prayer rallies in 18 states reaching over 100 members of Congress, and in partnership with
Faith in Public Life and other allies, launched an ad campaign featuring PICO leaders. Find out more
August 1, 2009: (Kansas City, MO) Faith and community leaders from Communities Creating Opportunity (PICO)
and National Peoples' Action affiliates GRO and Sunflower Community Action presented a joint platform to Federal
Reserve representations, calling for lending and foreclosure reforms, as part of a national series of community
hearings. Find out more
July 22, 2009: (Five US cities and London): Metro IAF affiliates hold joint actions to launch 10% is Enough campaign
for a 10% cap on interest rates banks charge in the US and Great Britain, visit the Metro IAF website for background
and media www.10percentisenough.org
July 15, 2009: (Des Moines, IA) the Register publishes Organize Communities to Battle Inequality, by Deepak
Bhargava, director of Center for Community Change Find out more
June 24, 2009: (Washington, DC): Interfaith Service of Witness and Prayer for Health Care attended by a thousand
leaders of 40 denominations, organizing networks, and faith organizations, sponsored by Believe Together: Health
Care for All. Find out more
June 11, 2009: (Richmond, CA): Two hundred people from PICO affiliate Contra Costa Interfaith Sponsoring
Community Organization teamed with National Peoples' Action to kick off a series of Federal Reserve hearings in ten
cities hard hit by foreclosure and financial crisis. Find out more
June 11, 2009: (Overland Park, KS): A hundred ten leaders gather for the African American Leadership Assembly of
the Gamaliel Foundation, details in the July 07 edition of Organizing, The Gamaliel International Newsletter. Find out
more
May 11, 2009: (Toledo, OH): Nearly 1200 rallied as TUSA, a DART affiliate, called for consistent school discipline,
green jobs, and remediation of abandoned housing. Find out more
April 12, 2009: (New York, NY): Community organizing featured as Career, with such fashion trend setters as
Marshall Gans, in the Style Section of the New York Times.
March 11, 2009 (Washington, DC): CBCOs, other clergy and churches with the Transportation Equity Network push
for stimulus funds for public transit projects and jobs. Find out more
March 10, 2009: (Antioch, CA to Washington, DC) PICO's "Recovery Express" cross-country caravan arrives in DC for
rallies and lobby days, after visiting 8 cities hard-hit by the economic crisis. Find out more
March 6, 2009 (Phoenix, AZ): Arizona Interfaith and ACORN press for remediation of substandard jail conditions and
reform of immigration practices by notorious local sheriff.
Feb. 5, 2009: (Washington, DC): The Washington Post reports on the Center for Community Change mobilizing
grassroots activists to maximize the impact of Pres. Obama's first 100 days.
Read more
Feb. 4, 2009: (Washington, DC): As President Obama signs the Children's Health Care (SCHIP) bill into law, the
PICO National Network celebrates victory for a long campaign with great meaning for their members. Find out more
January 20, 2009 (Washington, DC): Millions watch as the United States inaugurates the first President, Barack H.
Obama, with training in community organizing. Read his article on organizing in Illinois (1990) and find out more
about his history with the Gamaliel Network.
Organizing pays, according to a new report presented by the National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy to the
NM Association of Grantmakers. Albuquerque Interfaith (IAF) among the 14 NM organizations leveraging $157 per
grant dollar. Find out more
Nov. 17-18, 2008 (Washington, DC): Hundreds of PICO leaders and clergy from over 30 cities call on congressional
offices and the Obama transition team for swift passage of SCHIP, and hold prayer vigil at the Treasury Dept. to
spotlight the need for relief from foreclosures. Find out more
Oct. 29, 2008 (Washington, DC) In response to attacks on its voter registration practices, ACORN fights back with
lawsuits and a 30 sec ad, and works to turn out 1000s of voters. Find out more
September, 2008: Organizing is in the news following statements made by AK gov. Sarah Palin at the Republican
National Convention. Interfaith Funders has created a digest to debunk the insults. Link here
September 1, 2008: The PICO National Network rallies congregational members nationwide to support ther
counterparts as the Gulf Coast evacuates for Hurrican Gustav. Find out more
July 9, 2008 (Chicago, IL): Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) Affiliate United Power for Action and Justice calls on
Obama campaign advertising firm to drop contract opposing constitutional reforms, cited in Chicago Sun Times
editorial read it here
July 8, 2008: Organizing with Obama: Faith and Action By IRA CHERNUS on Religion Dispatches. read it here
July 6, 2008 (New York) The Long Run: Obama's Organizing Years, Guiding Others and Finding Himself, By
SERGE KOVALESKI in the New York Times. read it here
July, 2008: "Will Obama Inspire a New Generation of Organizers," by Peter Dreier, in Dissent read it here
June 18, 2008 (Oakland, CA): PICO Network News features campaigns across the country and beyond with victories
for housing, health care, youth and more. Find out more
June 4 (Los Angeles): Found in Translation: PICO Affiliate LA VOICE's community leadership development in
Ramona Gardens is documented in a series by author MARTIN LASTRAPES. read it here
May, 2008 (San Francisco): PICO affiliate San Francisco Organizing Project (SFOP), together with ACORN and the
San Francisco Labor Council, announced a major binding benefits agreement that includes over 3,500 units of
affordable housing and $17 million in workforce development. Find out more
April 24, 2008: (Washington, DC) Jewish Funds for Justice director SIMON GREER's guest article "Sharing
Hardship and Prosperity" in the Washington Post "On Faith" Blog read it here
April 23, 2008: (Los Angeles) PICO Affiliate LA Voice leaders rally to celebrate zoning victory keeping alcohol and
related businesses away from schools. Find out more
April 9, 2008: (St. Petersburg, FL) Catholic Bishop Robert Lynch congratulates thousands of DART leaders attending
FAST and HOPE actions. Read his letter and find out more about DART
April 9, 2008: (Philadephia, PA) Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University just released a study
showing that sophisticated grassroots community organizing produces major improvements in student
achievement. Find out more about this report, and other news from the PICO National Network.
April, 2008: "Organizing Hope: Tapping the reservoirs of church and community" shows new influence of CBCO on
politics, by Danny Duncan Collum in Sojourners Magazine Find out more
March 31, 2008: "Faith and Power" article by Henry G. Brinton on how congregations can achieve justice by getting
comfortable with power, in The Presbyterian Outlook. Find out more
March 9, 2008: (San Diego, CA) Over 1300 gather to kick off "Year of the Youth" campaign lead by San Diego
Organizing Project. Find out more
February 10, 2008 (Denver): PICO Colorado and Metro Organizations for People rally with allies to proclaim, "All Kids
Covered by 2010!" Find out more about this campaign, and other news from the PICO National Network.
News from 2007
News from 2006 and prior: