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New 2020 Census Video, Song Remind Us to Stand and Be Counted

March 4, 2020
Faith in the Valley
Blog

Check out our new video, produced in collaboration with Communities for a New California Education Fund, which features Faith in the Valley leaders talking about the importance of making sure everyone is counted in the 2020 Census.

A Town of Immigrant Farm Workers Says No to an ICE Detention Center

February 20, 2020
Faith in the Valley
Blog, Kern

Tuesday night’s commission meeting saw a stream of residents come to the podium, urging city leaders to remember who lived in their town. "You can find other options, but don’t bring ICE. In the long term, the McFarland community will suffer.”

Modesto Area Community Groups Spread the Word About the Importance of the 2020 Census

February 12, 2020
Faith in the Valley
Blog, Stanislaus

Faith in the Valley, a nonprofit group that offers help to underserved residents, is canvassing neighborhoods and speaking to households that have not participated in the census before. Especially in communities with immigrants, many residents fear their personal information on census forms will be handed to federal immigration enforcement officials and lead to their deportation.

Bringing Advance Peace to Fresno

February 10, 2020
Faith in the Valley
Blog, Fresno

Advance Peace is dedicated to ending cyclical and retaliatory gun violence in American urban neighborhoods.

New Study ‘Evicted in Fresno’ Finds Highest Rates of Evictions Are In South Fresno

November 20, 2019
Faith in the Valley
Blog, Fresno

Thousands of people in Fresno County are evicted from their homes every year. It’s a misconception that failing to pay rent is the only reason people are evicted, according to a study just released by the organization Faith in the Valley in partnership with Fresno State and Central California Legal Services.

Why Evictions Harm Renters

November 4, 2019
Faith in the Valley
Blog, Fresno

Every year, thousands of households in Fresno County are evicted from their homes. Evictions are unfair, especially due to huge disparities in legal representation between tenants (1%) and landlords (73%).

Evicted in Fresno: A Complex Story of Economic Burden—and Profit

November 4, 2019
Faith in the Valley
Blog, Fresno

Perhaps most alarming is the correlation that Matthew Desmond, Princeton sociologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” found between evictions and suicide among single mothers.

Fresno should pony up for Advance Peace (Photo by Fresno Bee)

Besides More Lives, What Do We Have to Lose? Fresno Should Pony Up for Advance Peace

Aaron Foster is among those trying to provide a second option for Fresno’s most trigger-happy citizens. Its name is Advance Peace, a program for reducing gang-related gun violence that Mayor Lee Brand and the Fresno City Council must find a way to fit into the 2019-20 budget. In fact, I’d argue city leaders can’t afford not to.

‘Pilgrimage of Hope’ to Raise Awareness of Immigrants’ Plight in California’s Central Valley

San Joaquin Bishop David Rice said the pilgrimage, a march to raise awareness about the plight of undocumented persons and refugees, will begin May 4 after a celebration of the Eucharist and a blessing at St. James Cathedral in Fresno. From there, pilgrims will walk north approximately 17 miles per day, until they reach Sacramento, the state capital, on May 20, and join with other activists and faith groups in observance of California’s Immigrant Day of Action.

Fresno Advocates Push City For An Unconventional Gun Violence Prevention Program

April 15, 2019
Faith in the Valley
Blog, Fresno

Two years ago Aaron Foster reached out to Advance Peace, a nonprofit that has a controversial approach at reducing gun violence. Ever since then he’s been trying to get them to come to Fresno.