VOICE Awards (R) Former Speaker ‘Lifetime Award’

Oklahoma City, OK - At a fundraising gala put together by VOICE-OKC, leaders awarded the former Speaker of the House with a “Lifetime Civic Engagement Award” for his collaboration on the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, designed to direct taxpayer resources towards programs supporting the supervision and rehabilitation of offenders. Steel, a conservative Republican, argued to loud applause that it is "immoral for a private business [and governments] to make money off of people who commit crime.”



Clergy of 'Nevadans for the Common Good' Reflect

Las Vegas, NV - When the Las Vegas Review-Journal decided to ask clergy leaders of Nevadans for the Common Good about the words they lean on in their own lives, reporters learned that clergy "have doubts and struggles like the rest of us, even days when the world seems to be crumbling beneath their feet. Yet, there are passages, sayings, verses, that lead them back to their spiritual moorings time and time again..."

HuffPost: Catholic Social Teaching Influences IAF

Noting that the IAF "cites Catholic Social Teaching as influential in the development of community organizing," Huffington Post contributor Julie Leininger Pycior argues that "for all the efforts that are furthering that vision, we can truly give thanks." Austin Catholic Bishop Joe Vasquez stands with workers in photo at right.



SA Express News: COPS Still Standing for Families

San Antonio, TX - “Andy” Sarabia, the first president of Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS), notes that even after 40 years, the organization is still a significant and powerful part of the city’s history, starting with initial “tie-up” confrontations with the city’s power structure to get it to recognize the needs of families and communities. Click photo at right for more.

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