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Multi-faith Action Coalition
Multi-faith ACTION Coalition: Advocates & Communities Taking Initiative for Our Neighbors
We are a multi-faith coalition of Contra Costa County residents working together to address the root causes of poverty through advocacy and public policy change.
Upcoming Immigrant Solidarity Events - mailchi.mp/multifaithactioncoalition/immigrants-2026-02-07
One of our Contra Costa partners is Ensuring Opportunity, the campaign to end poverty in Contra Costa County. They work hard to encourage Contra Costa County communities to unite to ensure a just, vibrant, and compassionate quality of life for all of our residents. Click the link to learn more about them.
Ensuring Opportunity - RCF Connects - Richmond Community Foundation
rcfconnects.org
Ensuring Opportunity Campaign to End Poverty in Contra Costa's goal is to end economic disparity by addressing the root causes of poverty and systemic racism through policy change.
The City of Concord is reviewing higher-density zoning overlays for specific properties to support housing affordability in Concord. The Planning Commission will take up this topic at its November 19 meeting. Many faith traditions support affordable housing as integral to the common good. ![]()
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Concord’s work is part of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), a state-mandated program that promotes affordability in California by increasing the supply of affordable housing in high-opportunity areas. This has been linked to better long-term outcomes for residents. ![]()
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For more information, click the link.
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rezoning Project | Concord, CA
www.cityofconcord.org
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
Medical debt is one of the major drivers of poverty in this country. County officials estimate that federal budget cuts enacted over the summer will result in more than 100,000 people losing healthcare in Contra Costa County alone. For full information on how federal cuts would affect Medi-Cal (the CA version of Medicaid), read here.
www.chcf.org
H.R. 1 cuts $30 billion a year from Medi-Cal, reducing access, increasing costs, and threatening hospitals and vulnerable patients.