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Standing for Communities: ‘The Power of Collective’ (video)
Elsa Gonzalez had never thought of herself as a community organizer. But when Hurricane Dolly destroyed her family’s home in South Texas, she knew she had to do something to stand up for her family and her community. She joined a local grassroots organization, part of a network of 10 organizations that collaborate across issues [...]
Texas Group on Colonias: Work Remains to Bring Housing, Development and Jobs
April 1, 2013
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EDINBURG, Texas — Speaking at the South Texas Mayors’ Stakeholder Summit in late March, Proyecto Azteca’s Ann Williams Cass said that from a colonia resident’s perspective, the glass is still half empty. “I have not seen a decrease in poverty rates in the 33 years I have lived here. The people who live in [...]
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Affordable Housing in Marin County, Calif. Needs Full Participation, Group Says
March 29, 2013
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Marin Grassroots, an organization that advocates for underrepresented communities, is supporting a coalition that backs more voices in a debate over affordable housing in Marin County, Calif. That umbrella group, Action Coalition for Equity (ACE), is questioning Citizen Marin, which calls for “local control” when it comes to development in this region north of San [...]
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If you think your home foreclosure was handled unfairly or that there were mistakes, relief – and help –may be available. But the December 31 deadline to apply is almost here. The Greenlining Institute is pushing officials to extend the deadline and allow families more time to try to save their homes – in the [...]
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SAN FRANCISCO – “We have no more rooms available.” The motel clerk’s voice was steel-like, hitting a crescendo of disgust with the “n” of her “no”. My stomach muscles contracted, holding a breath that had nowhere to go as I stood with a now houseless, disabled, African descendent elder and foreclosure victim Kathy Galves, 67. [...]
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Although Superstorm Sandy has passed, many people who lost their homes or businesses, such as this woman in Rockaway (Queens), New York, are still suffering from very serious damage, and wondering how they will ever recover. This small restaurant was without power, it was covered with mud throughout. The refrigerator and all of the cooking [...]
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URBANA,Ill. - Robin Arbiter is a long-time resident of the Lierman Neighborhood, a low-income area near the corner of Washington and Lierman streets in Urbana. Despite her physical disabilities, she is an at-home activist and artist. To get by, Arbiter receives federal social security disability benefits. She also receives assistance for housing and food. Most of [...]
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CHAMPAIGN,Ill. - Leodegario Olea and his wife, Rosa, sit inside the dining room of their six-bedroom house in west Champaign talking money. “To be honest, I have always had problems with bills even before a family. A home is very expensive, I’m not gonna lie. You’ve got to pay gas, lights, food,” Olea said through a [...]
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaac targeted a broad swath of the Gulf Coast on Monday and had New Orleans in its crosshairs, bearing down just ahead of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The potential for a landfall as a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Tuesday prompted evacuations along a wide area of the [...]
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly two dozen companies that manufactured government-issued trailers for storm victims after Hurricane Katrina have agreed to pay $14.8 million in a proposed class-action settlement of claims that the temporary shelters exposed occupants to hazardous fumes. Plaintiffs’ Gerald Meunier said Tuesday that the agreement could benefit tens of thousands of Gulf [...]
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