- Racial injustices impact all barriers to self-sufficiency, so we established a working group that involves all of the Task Forces. It seeks to support legislation and policy actions that reflect the many faith teachings that command we shall not make unjust laws, deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed.
- The purpose of the Shelter & Housing Task Force is to study the root causes of poverty in Contra Costa County related to the housing sector, and recommend actions for the Multi-Faith Action Coalition for advocacy, public policy change, programs, and education.
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Advocacy to ensure every worker can provide for themselves and their family, and promote and expand pathways to fair and family-friendly employment focused on the safe return/re-entry of those formerly incarcerated, as well as other people facing critical barriers through advocacy.
- We are a committee of interested people who are committed to furthering the cause of seeing our less fortunate neighbors obtain access and services for both their physical and behavioral health care needs.
- Our Task Force researches, studies and advocates for policies, practices and legislation that promote opportunity and equity in education, at all levels, for families in poverty in Contra Costa County. We partner with nonprofits, agencies and others in our communities who share our concerns.
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We have multiple programs that help establish food security to those in our community. From enrolling people that are eligible for CalFresh into the program, to cataloging Contra Costa County organizations who provide food services, and feeding children and families.
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The latest action of Multi-Faith ACTION Coalition:
Shelter in place but don't be silent
Dear Friends:
Because of the current situation that we and our faith communities are all in responding to COVID-19 spread and latest governmental orders, this email will be short. We all know that even as this matter rightly takes so much attention, the deep concerns for which we act together--poverty and all its manifestations and causes--continue through, and are heightened by, the current situation.
Please take action as you shelter in place. When we have a moment like this, we each are called on to do our part, to support one another, and to choose to respond to crisis with courage over[...]
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Multi-faith Action Coalition
The Multi-faith ACTION Coalition represents Advocates & Communities Taking Initiative for Our Neighbors. Fifty congregations in Contra Costa County have participated in activities of the Coalition and added over 500 advocates to the ACTION email list.
The Multi-faith ACTION Coalition has five task forces: Housing/Shelter, Food Security, Jobs, Education and Health. The chairs of these five task forces, in addition to clergy and other key individuals make up the Steering Committee.
After studying and discussing an issue, the Task Forces recommend ACTION to the Steering Committee. Action includes taking a position for or against legislation, testifying before a local elected body or a committee of the California Legislature, meeting with elected officials or asking advocates on the email distribution list to call or write a policy maker. All advocacy is to address the root causes of poverty though policy change.
Representatives of the Coalition partner with broader coalitions on specific policy positions, such as the CalFresh Partnership, the Zero: 2016 Campaign Leadership Council, Ensuring Opportunity to End Poverty in Contra Costa and #OneContraCosta.
Bringing faith voices to the table lifts up the voices of the less advantaged.
Raising awareness about the issues of poverty in Contra Costa is central to the work of the Multi-faith ACTION Coalition. They sponsor and co-sponsor opportunities for faith communities and the larger community to learn about these issues, craft potential solutions, and take appropriate action.
