September 27, 2011
The Micah Project - Over 250 People Attend Action on Education, Blight, and Nuisance Businesses at St. Peter Claver
September 23, 2011
Join pastors, clergy leaders, lay leaders, community activist, students, and allies from all over the region in a day of training, skill building and witnessing to the capacity of people of faith to move mountains of despair.
Pastor Ike Mayfield of New St. Mark Baptist Church Reflection on the Clergy Walk.
August 03, 2011
Join clergy from across the country in the multi-faith, multi-cultural call to action on behalf of America's families. November 14-17, 2011 in New Orleans. As clergy, we are on the front lines of the enormous financial suffering in our communities. Come to New Orleans and get equipped for prophetic leadership in 2012.
July 12, 2011
"We are PICO Southeast. We are aware of our painful past and we are using our faith to create a brighter future by breaking chains of racism, sexism, and economic inequality."
July 11, 2011
Household of Faith Family Worship Church is focusing on criminal justice issues. The congregation held a 300-person action with Sheriff Normand of Jefferson Parish.
November 19, 2009
The legislation introduced by Majority Leader Reid is an important step forward in addressing urgent health care needs in Louisiana and nationally, in a fiscally responsible manner that controls costs for families and the health care system and reduces the deficit.
October 21, 2009
WASHINGTON — A Baton Rouge minister was in Washington on Tuesday as part of a national campaign calling for health-care aid to low- and middle-income families.
September 16, 2009
WASHINGTON - Under the banner of Affordable Health Care is a Family Value, national consumer, faith and patient organizations representing tens of millions of families, held a lobby day and rally on Capitol Hill this afternoon pressing Congress to make sure that legislation includes clear affordability protections for families.
August 11, 2009
Washington, DC - An estimated 140,000 of people of faith, including thousands from the PICO network, gathered today for a historic national conference call on health care reform with President Barack Obama and the American faith community.
August 10, 2009
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. Joseph Rochelle, a New Iberia resident and teacher at Pesson Elementary School, arrived as a representative of grass-roots, faith-based network Congregations Organizing People for Equality, or COPE, a faith-based organization in Lafayette and a member organization of the national People Improving Communities through Organizing, or PICO.
February 05, 2009
Today, with millions of families at risk of losing their jobs and health coverage, President Obama signed historic children’s health legislation to provide healthcare coverage to an additional 4.1 million uninsured children.
We can't move forward until you mail it back. In March of 2010, census forms will be delivered to every residence in the United States and Puerto Rico. When you receive yours, just answer the 10 short questions and then mail the form back in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you don't mail the form back, you may receive a visit from a census taker, who will ask you the questions from the form.
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