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• Time For a New Ecumenical Action?

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 529
  In the late 1940s here in Dallas, an ecumenical impulse paved the way for the formation in 1950 of a collection of churches representing a number of different denominations. Originally formed as the Dallas Council of Churches, the group gathered at East Dallas Christian Church to launch its important work. ...
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• The Industrial Areas Foundation in the Diocese of Arlington

  
  LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH — Authority: 431
  I recently posted an open letter to the priests of Arlington on the Les Femmes main website about the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) affiliate, VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement). Eleven parishes in the VOICE network funneled over $100,000 to the IAF in 2009. The open letter urges the ...
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• Dallas Justice Revival: Worship AND Work

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 529
  Education is the great equalizer in our country. Yet it is becoming increasingly clear that more and more of our children are less equal than others. Its easy to see this problem as insurmountable, target poor students and their families for the personal responsibility sermon of the week and tend to our own. But at ...
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• So You Want to be an Engaged Citizen

  
  Mirror On America — Authority: 479
  This compilation of resources combine my interests in new media technology and citizen-centered political advocacy. Reading about, exploring, and using these resources have been educational to me in learning how to be an effective advocate, how best to harness the latent power of ordinary citizens for social and ...
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• Sheldon Dorf dies – OBcean helped start Comic-Con

  
  OB Rag Blog — Authority: 134
  OCEAN BEACH, CA. I met Sheldon Dorf back in the mid-seventies here in Ocean Beach. The OB resident passed away on Tuesday, November 3rd, to diabetes complications. He was 76. Sheldon was perhaps one of the most culturally influential OBceans as he was a co-founder of San Diegos now infamous Comic-Con.Comic-Con ...
  6 days ago

• The Value of Service, a guest blog by David Molina

  
  latinopoliticsblog.com — Authority: 121
  On April 16, 2006, I was appointed by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski to his Commission on Hispanic Affairs. The Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs is an 11-member public commission dedicated towards building economic, social, political and legal equality for all Oregonian Latinos. Originally founded in 1971 as the ...
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• Barack Obama’s Bible Was Written In 1971

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 501
   David Axelrod? Rahm Emanuel? George Soros? To an extent, I’m sure the President seeks the counsel of all of the above, as well as some others. But the political guru at the top of Obama’s list is a man named Saul Alinsky. Alinsky, (1909-1972), who’s most-famous published work was titled “Rules For ...
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• Dobbs implicates critics for shots fired at his house

  
  latinopoliticsblog.com — Authority: 121
  Lou Dobbs is saying that shots have been fired at his house and in doing so, he implicates his critics. We should note that an investigation is ongoing and that Dobbs lives on large ranch in New Jersey, where people do routinely hunt. This incident took place three weeks ago, and he’s just now getting around to ...
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• Homeless Diaries Series: Virgin Mobile feats " A Night with Public Enemy" in honor of National Homeless Youth Awareness Month

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 529
  Hello Everyday Citizens,As we are nearing close to National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, I am eager to let you know of all the great campaigns and programs that are full gear to help fight homelessness among youth!We are spotlighting Virgin Mobile in partnership with one of Hip Hops greatest Rap groups of all time, ...
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• Pro- Life Activists To Lie Down in Front of White House to form 71

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 529
  According to Christian Newswire , " The 71 represents the percentage of Americans who oppose taxpayer funded abortions in healthcare according to national polls." Ummmmm.... The activists will be in front of the White House on October 31st, 2009 at 12:00pm
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• 2010 Community Reinvestment Awards

  
  Bricks and Mortar — Authority: 112
  The 2010 Community Reinvestment Awards Improving Access to Financial Services and Education: Building a Foundation for Inclusive Economic Recovery The organizing committee of the 2010 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference invites nominations for the 2010 Community Reinvestment Awards.  The ...
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• Becoming a Federal Grant reviewer

  
  Bricks and Mortar — Authority: 112
  There are opportunities for qualified experts to become federal grants – they even come with a small stipend.  I learned about this possibility from a nonprofit blogger, named Don Griesmann.  Check out information about this process from his blog here . Posted in Affordable Housing, Community Development, ...
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• Council on Foundations E-Journal: Thoughts Actions and Ideas

  
  Bricks and Mortar — Authority: 112
  One of the blogs I read recently discussed an article concerning board diversity in a Council on Foundations e-journal.  The e-journal titled Thoughts, Actions and Ideas possesses a variety of expert opinions and analysis about philanthropic ideas and perspectives.  Check it out here . Posted in Community ...
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• Binge Drinking: Not Just a College Problem

  
  Prevention Works — Authority: 106
  On October 20, police raided a bar in Fairfield, CT, and found more than 100 underage drinkers, many of them college students. While many debate whether the legal age for consuming alcohol should remain 21 or be lowered to 18, perhaps the question more important than who is drinking is how much people are ...
  2 weeks ago

• Community Organizing with Barack, ACORN and SEIU: An Eyewitness Account, Part I

  
  Big Government — Authority: 798
  Earlier this month Don Loos wrote about SEIU and ACORN’s “corporate campaigns,” thinly veiled but apparently legal extortion attempts to get big companies to unionize. Wrote Loos: SEIU, along with its partners… stage disruptive demonstrations, place derogatory ads, hand out offensive flyers, send ...
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• 5 Alabama Women Named to Black Womens Hall of Fame

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 529
  Hello Readers, Its always exciting to see women of color doing amazing things in their community. I was perusing the internet as usual and came across an organization called, the Southern Rural Black Womens Initiative . This organization promotes the first human rights agenda in the United States aimed at ...
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• Get Involved - More Action, Less Talk

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 529
  It has been over a month since my last post but its because I have been active.While I love to share my voice through blogging and micro-blogging, I love action even more. Since May of this year, I have been assisting a local city council candidate in his run for an at-large seat. And I can honestly say that Ive met ...
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• Congregational-based community organizing

  
  Swords into Plowshares — Authority: 128
  Remember the important role of congregational-based community organizing in renewing congregations and communities and seeking justice. Dont judge all community organizers and community organizing by a few bad apples. Thats the message of a recent post on Vital Signs , the blog of the Small Church and Community ...
  2 weeks ago

• CCHD BOYCOTT VIDEO: Why I Don’t Contribute to Catholic Campaign for Human Development by Stephanie Block

  
  http://fratres.wordpress.com — Authority: 524
  NOT ONE RED CENT… Why I Don’t Contribute to Catholic Campaign for Human Development Thursday, October 22, 2009 Stephanie Block In violation of the strict rule that any discussion using “Nazi” as a simile for anything is immediately ceded, let me ask what Nazism, American slavery, and abortion ...
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• Discrimination against Latino farmers courtesy of the USDA

  
  latinopoliticsblog.com — Authority: 121
  Many people like to say that we are now in a post-racial society because the US has elected President Obama, but that certainly isn’t the case. We still witness racial profiling, the proliferation of ethnically tinged lies, and face institutional barriers to equality. One area where Latinos are often the low men and ...
  2 weeks ago

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