In June, a Faith in the Valley research team and our partners at Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability were invited to participate in the White House Eviction Prevention Summit. We were part of a delegation of community advocates representing…
Our partners joined us to hold a press conference in Fresno highlighting the arrival of the Biden Administration's temporary Child Tax Credit and calling on elected representatives to make the benefit permanent.
In our latest Faith in the Valley Justice interview, we talk to Dr. Daniel O'Connell about how pursuing an education and going deeper in your faith can help you be a better activist. We also talk about his new book, "In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight against Industrial Agribusiness in California."
In the latest installment of our Justice Interview Series, Pastor Brian K. Woodson of Faith In Action East Bay (Oakland) talks with us about his approach to prophetic preaching and the role of the church in helping people find justice their everyday lives.
In this Faith in the Valley Justice Interview, we have a conversation on Palestine with Hajj Reza Nekumanesh of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno. In sharing his story, Reza offers a fresh perspective on one of the most important freedom struggles in the world.
In this conversation, Pastor Simon Biasell goes into his own journey of transformation regarding racial, gender and sexual justice, and he talks about how this journey both emerges from and informs his pastoral call.
Nearly 100 Fresno State students and Central Valley tenants joined us to launch the Homes Guarantee campaign. The students and tenants testified to the need for safe, affordable and sustainable housing, and they reimagined how home security could be realized for everyone in the Central Valley through the Homes Guarantee framework.
What is the role of clergy in the creation of an equitable public square? What resources are available for clergy within their faith traditions to challenge status quo social arrangements and to invite people into imagining a new future together?
Faith in the Valley grassroots leader and essential worker, Silvia, participated in a national #KeepingFaith press conference with Faith in Action where she highlighted the experiences of Central Valley immigrant families and essential workers during the pandemic.
Following hundreds of conversations with impacted residents across the Valley, faith leaders and students will come together on May 4 to officially launch and share their theory of change, which is rooted in the Homes Guarantee.