Faith in Merced Leaders Recognized for Input on Merced City School District’s LCAP
Livingston Becomes Merced County’s First ‘Sanctuary City’
By Brianna Calix—May 17, 2017 A heated meeting ended Tuesday night at City Hall in Livingston with a divided council formally declaring the city a ‘sanctuary’ for undocumented immigrants, prompting cheering and hugging in the audience. The Livingston City Council…
Faith in Merced Leader: If Trumpcare Becomes Law, It Will Truly Hurt Merced County
By Nancy Reding—May 15, 2017 This letter to the editor was originally published in the Merced Sun-Star. The recent AHCA vote will be painful for Merced County. If “Trumpcare” eventually becomes law, our community will suffer. Here’s what the law…
Faith in the Valley Receives $600K Grant to Fight for Environmental Justice in the Valley
Livingston Begins Work on a Resolution to Become Merced County’s First Sanctuary City
Organizers Help Defeat Sheriff’s ‘Non-Sanctuary’ Proposal
After meeting with four Kern County Supervisors in May, Faith in Kern organizers helped defeat Sheriff Donny Youngblood’s proposal to declare Kern a "non-sanctuary" county. The supervisors refused to support the proposal and said it was unnecessary and divisive. According to…
After Years of Organizing, Fresno Passes First-Ever Proactive Rental Housing Inspection Program
In 2016, we asked over 1,000 Fresnans of all backgrounds what issues they wanted to see prioritized by their next Mayor. We brought over 600 people together in April 2016 to hear from the candidates what they would do on…