November 17, 2010 | San Jose Mercury News
FOR 30 YEARS GROUP HAS PUSHED A HOST OF ISSUES
June 27, 2010 | Mercury News
The hearing, convened by the Treasury Department and the community advocacy group PACT, was a heartbreaking reminder of the obvious: The Obama administration's 16-month-old loan modification program is failing.
June 25, 2010 | Mercury News
According to the PICO network, fewer than 10 percent of the 3 million to 4 million homeowners the program promised to help have received permanent loan modifications. As a result, many are still waiting for responses from the banks or have lost their homes.
June 24, 2010 | The Mercury News
As individuals and with our congregations, we are responding to this most recent hate crime with our renewed commitment to building a community where all are welcome and no one has to live in fear. We will work together as one body to help our own communities overcome prejudice.
June 18, 2010 | National People's Action
The U.S. Treasury Department is responsible for implementing President Obama’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) that promised to help 3-4 million homeowners avoid foreclosure.
June 17, 2010 | The Bay Citizen
The United States has allowed its current practice of electronic waste disposal to continue unabated for years, but community groups in the Silicon Valley are trying to do something about it.
June 02, 2010 | The Mercury News
Councilman Ash Kalra asked that the city consider the idea, citing concerns that "e-waste" — which contains toxic materials including mercury — is often shipped to developing countries with weak environmental and safety standards.
May 28, 2010 | Community Newspapers-The Rose Garden Resident
Developing countries where e-waste is shipped often show extremely high levels of lead and toxic chemicals in the soil, air and water, creating hazards for the people, many of them children, who sift through the debris looking for metals they can sell.
May 27, 2010 | PICO National Network
PACT has joined with PICO congregations across the country in a national Bank Accountability campaign to stop preventable foreclosures and keep families in their homes.
May 26, 2010 | New America Media
"Our idea is that the congregations and large institutions -- unions, schools, universities, pension funds, local and state governments - should start moving their deposits and investments out of banks that are not working to keep families in their homes."
March 30, 2010 | San Jose Inside
By Joseph DiSalvo The goals of the trip were twofold: to inspire the delegation with information about small charter high schools achieving extraordinary results and to see if there is interest by these charter schools/organizations in coming north to Silicon Valley to set up their successful “shop”.
March 20, 2010 | The Mercury News
As people of faith, we are keeping our eyes on the prize, just as we did as leaders of the civil rights movement and other historic struggles for justice that helped perfect the promise of America. When the marching and praying end this weekend in Washington, our representatives in Congress will know we don't plan on stopping anytime soon.
March 18, 2010 | The Nation
But it's this grassroots organizing--and there has been a lot of it in recent months--that holds the key to the passage of comprehensive immigration reform.
March 16, 2010 | The Valley Catholic
“We Are One Family Under God” set the theme for the Feb. 26 prayer vigil on immigration reform at St. Julie Church, San Jose, sponsored by a coalition of church and community groups, especially PACT (People Acting in Community Together).
January 12, 2010 | The New York Times
Bank of America is facing the power of prayer over foreclosures.
January 12, 2010 | The Huffington Post
January 11, 2010 | The Boston Globe
Religious groups lobby government, lenders
December 12, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News
A year after a San Jose teen's suicide attempt left her in a vegetative state, her family tries to raise awareness on the evils of cyberbullying.
December 04, 2009 | El Observador, By Osvaldo Castillo
September 11, 2009 | San Jose Mercury News
April 15, 2009 | PACT email
Last Friday PACT took another huge step forward in transforming education in San José so that all kids have access to a path to college.
April 10, 2009 | San José Mercury News
Life has not been easy for Priscilla Camacho, who is from East San Jose. She joined a gang at the age of 14, sold drugs to pay bills and became addicted to crystal methamphetamine.
Kids dropping out of San Jose schools in just one year may go on to commit 534 violent crimes a year and suffer $200 million in lost wages over their lifetimes, in addition to costing the community millions in health care costs and lost productivity, according to a new study released Thursday.
October 01, 2008 | Silicon Valley One - Fall 2008
“Civic Citizens - impassioned people change their communities, and community involvement changes people. Call it the hopeful cycle of public progress.”
February 06, 2005 | San Jose Mercury News
SILICON VALLEY CENTER WILL PROVIDE CRUCIAL EARLY COACHING
People of faith are working to make banks serve the needs of people – to help our families and communities, not hurt them.
Watch as PACT leaders describe to you what PACT means to them.
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