December 16, 2011
Community calls on Bank of America: Don't leave Joseph out in the cold! Most Holy Trinity PACT's annual posada will highlight the story of a real-life Joseph, an 89-year-old veteran and hospice patient with end-stage heart disease, facing foreclosure by B of A.
December 05, 2011
Community Leaders Urge Banks: Stop Evicting Seniors and the Sick PACT Community Leaders and Public Officials Join Attorney Kamala Harris in Calling the Big Banks for a Holiday Moratorium on all Foreclosure Activities through January
October 11, 2011
September 22, 2011
New program follows other cities’ lead to increase VTA ridership and revenue
August 25, 2011
Community Fear Drives Chief Moore to Remove ICE - PACT faith and grassroots community leaders will hold a press conference to celebrate the good news and thank Chief Moore for responding to community concerns.
July 07, 2011
On Friday, July 8, 2011 at 6:00pm members from PACT’s 25 congregations will assemble in front of San Jose City Hall to pray for the City of San Jose as it faces budget cuts, soaring murder rates, a reduction of police officers, and a rising distrust of the San Jose Police Department as they incorporate 2 ICE officers into their force.
June 06, 2011
PACT leaders will hold a large community action meeting to ask Chief Moore to prioritize community-police trust at this critical time when his department will lose at least 100 officers due to budget cuts. Without improved community-police trust, the SJPD will not be able to halt to the crime wave of 2011.
June 03, 2011
1,000 parents and PACT grassroots community leaders will hold a Community Action Meeting with elected officials regarding failing schools in East and Downtown San Jose. PACT will urge school district officials and charter school leaders to take action to close the achievement gap and ensure that we have a city where schools prepare all children to have the option to attend and succeed in college.
May 02, 2011
As fifty state Attorneys General move closer to a settlement agreement with the Wall Street banks that defrauded millions of American homeowners, hundreds of people will march through San Francisco’s Financial District to the Wells Fargo Annual Shareholder Meeting on May 3 to demand changes to corporate practices that have bankrupted families, dismantled neighborhoods, and emptied public coffers. A delegation of homeowners, clergy, and workers will present a list of demands to Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf and shareholders inside the meeting.
April 04, 2011
PACT leaders call on Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, San Jose Assistant Police Chief Diane Urban and Downtown San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo to rebuild community trust in local law enforcement by rooting out bias-based policing and stopping collateral consequences caused by severe charges for minor offenses.
March 14, 2011
PACT faith leaders praise the Mayor & City Councilmembers for their leadership preserving funding for historic Children's Health Initiative.
March 10, 2011
January 24, 2011
PACT faith and community leaders are asking the City's top leaders for a commitment to prioritize community-police relationships and hire a Chief of Police with a proven track record of restoring trust and improving public safety by addressing concerns from communities of color and immigrants and building strong relationships between police leadership, officers on the street and diverse community members.
December 16, 2010
On Thursday, December 16 at 4:30pm, at Bank of America, 1107 S. King Rd, San Jose, 95122, in the heart of the foreclosure crisis in Santa Clara County, faith and community leaders will speak out against banks doling out more executive bonuses while foreclosing on families. PACT will hold a posada, a traditional re-enactment of Mary's and Joseph's difficult journey in search of shelter on Christmas Eve. PACT's posada presents the modern-day scenario of families struggling to keep their homes because banks are turning them away – refusing to modify loans and processing illegally foreclosures - while giving their executives big holiday bonuses.
December 13, 2010
The delegation represents millions of homeowners and community members across the United States. Gina Gates, a PACT leader from Most Holy Trinity, will travel to Iowa to meet with the Attorneys General. Gates lost her home when it was illegally sold by the bank last year.
December 11, 2010
WHEN: Saturday, Dec 11, 5:00-5:30 PM on the 2nd anniversary of Amanda Brownell’s attempted suicide. A candlelight vigil at 4:30 will precede the program. The program will be followed by a candlelight walk to “Christmas in the Park” at Plaza de Cesar Chavez.
December 09, 2010
"What has happened to people in our community is they’ve stopped trusting that police will protect them and look out for them, when their cars are being taken from them left and right. This towing policy could go a long way to build community-police trust,” said Eloise Torres, an Our Lady of Guadalupe parishioner and PACT leader.
November 12, 2010
Close to 200 parishioners gathered at Christ the King Catholic Church with City Council members Madison Nguyen (District 7) and Ash Kalra (District 2) for the first time since the inception of the church.
November 10, 2010
PACT faith and community leaders meet with San Jose Councilmembers Ash Kalra and Madison Nguyen to seek their commitment to improving police-community relationships through hiring the new Chief of Police and strengthening community policing strategies in order to reduce crime and rebuild the community's trust in SJPD.
November 04, 2010
PACT grassroots faith and community leaders joined other PICO leaders in Washington D.C. to present U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner with specific proposals for how the Administration can take a new, practical approach to fighting foreclosures & increasing the number of loan modifications.
November 02, 2010
PACT faith and community leaders are on their way to Washington D.C. to meet with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on November 3.
October 25, 2010
The impact of San José’s social investment policy propels Bay Area and national movement to take money out of unethical banks
October 01, 2010
PACT chaired a press conference with coalition partners to announce the unanimous vote by Santa Clara County’s Board of Supervisors to opt-out of a controversial federal immigration program, S-Comm.
September 14, 2010
On Thursday, September 16, at 11:00am, PACT leaders will hold a press conference to release their data from surveys on public safety issues of 1,800 people living in East San Jose.
June 18, 2010
In response to urgent calls for change from faith and community leaders with the PICO National Network, the U.S. Treasury agreed to hold 10 hearings across the country to learn about community members’ experiences with HAMP and banks.
June 01, 2010
Faith and Community Leaders Urge the Public and Government Officials to Use e-Steward Certified Recyclers and Adopt New Policies to Guarantee Safe Recycling of our Computers, Printers, TVs and Cell Phones.
May 25, 2010
May 21, 2010
B of A has the worst record among the major banks.
February 26, 2010
SAN JOSE, CA – Hundreds of people of faith will gather on February 26, 2010 at 7:00 pm at St. Julie’s Catholic Church in San Jose for a prayer service calling for comprehensive immigration reform, called “We Are One Family Under God.”
February 25, 2010
Nationwide gatherings urge Congress to finish the job, bring reform home
January 12, 2010
Warn of Massive Divestment Campaign
December 02, 2009
August 11, 2009
The Creeping Crisis in Silicon Valley
August 06, 2009
Community members give testimony about their continuing struggles for equality, for keeping their families united, and the desperate need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
May 27, 2009
Every day, more Californians are losing health coverage due to the state’s budget crisis, skyrocketing unemployment, and increasing costs of insurance.
May 21, 2009
Working class families are being hit especially hard by the economic crisis. Many San Jose neighborhoods and communities are suffering from chronic problems such as failing schools and lack of jobs as well as the more recent crises of foreclosures and increased crime.
March 23, 2009
Parent & Community Leaders Demand that Alum Rock School District Embrace BOLD PLAN for More High-Performing Schools
February 25, 2009
PACT faith and community leaders will challenge the City to use SB 1137 to hold banks accountable for maintaining foreclosed vacant properties. This should be an incentive for banks to sit down with homeowners and modify loans to prevent more foreclosures and keep families in their homes.
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