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At Dallas Area Interfaith, we believe in the power of working together for the common good. We bring together diverse congregations, schools, nonprofits and unions so that ordinary people have a powerful voice in the decisions that affect their lives and communities.  We foster public relationships and teach people how to become leaders, developing the courage and skills to fight effectively in the public arena.

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Institutions

We welcome congregations, non-profits, schools, unions and other community institutions as the building blocks of our democracy.

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Relationships

We build relationships that cross lines of race, ethnicity, religion and socioeconomic status.

Leadership

Leadership

We identify and develop non-traditional leaders within and across our institutions and prepare them for effective participation in public life.

Ownership

Ownership

Membership dues give institutional members ownership of the organizing process and the ability to act on their values and interests.

Action

Action

After identifying potential issues, we build capacity so leaders can research, develop solutions and build the political will for change.

Institutions

Institutions

We welcome congregations, non-profits, schools, unions and other community institutions as the building blocks of our democracy.

Relationships

Relationships

We build relationships that cross lines of race, ethnicity, religion and socioeconomic status.

Leadership

Leadership

We identify and develop non-traditional leaders within and across our institutions and prepare them for effective participation in public life.

Ownership

Ownership

Membership dues give institutional members ownership of the organizing process and the ability to act on their values and interests.

Action

Action

After identifying potential issues, we build capacity so leaders can research, develop solutions and build the political will for change.

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DAI, IAF Raise Alarm on Impact of Executive Order on Undocumented Immigrants

[Excerpts] Whenever [TMO leader] Father Carmelo Hernandez makes a live appearance on his church's YouTube channel, he asks the same question each week: "Have you filled out your census form?" The...

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DAI Raises Alarm That Undocumented Immigrants are Self-Evicting

[Excerpt] “When they want to ask for help from a nonprofit, and the staff only speaks English, they feel intimidated and don’t want to go on,” said Adriana Godines, a...

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DAI, Texas IAF Celebrates $350M Won in Local Relief, Launches GOTV Effort for Fall

Exceeding their turnout goal by 50%, more than 1,500 leaders from Texas IAF organizations assembled online and in (socially distanced) watch parties to launch a Get Out The Vote drive,...

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DAI, Catholic Bishop Worry About Undocumented in Latest Texas COVID Outbreak

As COVID-19 cases in North Texas rise again, Dallas Area Interfaith leaders and Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Gregory Kelly fight for relief for undocumented immigrants.  Says Bishop Kelly:  "They don't have any...

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DAI, Texas IAF Orgs Fight for Spanish Language Access to COVID-19 Info

[Excerpts] Because of language barriers, Texas risks leaving some of the state’s marginalized communities even more vulnerable to contracting the virus while making it more difficult to access resources needed...

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As Coronavirus Disproportionately Targets Latinos, DAI Organizes to Address Poverty & Vulnerability

[Excerpt] On a balmy day at the St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church in East Dallas, parishioners working with the nonprofit Dallas Area Interfaith talked among themselves about problems they...

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DAI Fights for Worker Protections for Poultry Plant in Irving

[Excerpts] ...workers who labor shoulder to shoulder at the plant and others fear the contagion has spread to more people in the Dallas area. Sick workers who do not get...

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DAI, Church Support Food Workers after Covid-19 Outbreak in Irving Poultry Plant

[Excerpt] At St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Irving, Rev. Ernesto Esqueda said the church will support the workers with food and other needs during the pandemic. “We are all walking...

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DAI Leverages $10 Million in County Coronavirus Relief for Housing Assistance and Small Business Aid

[Translated excerpt below] "It's a good start", said Josephine López Paul, organizer with Dallas Area Interfaith, a nonprofit organization that helped create the County housing assistance program. "It's a down...

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DAI Leverages $13.7 Million In Local Housing Relief, Presses for More in Face of Overwhelming Demand

After DAI organized judicatory leaders and clergy from every major religion in Dallas, and the Apartment Association of Greater Dallas, to testify in support of short-term supports for low-income renters...

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DAI, IAF Raise Alarm on Impact of Executive Order on Undocumented Immigrants

[Excerpts] Whenever [TMO leader] Father Carmelo Hernandez makes a live appearance on his church's YouTube channel, he asks the same question each week: "Have you filled out your census form?" The...

Read More

DAI Raises Alarm That Undocumented Immigrants are Self-Evicting

[Excerpt] “When they want to ask for help from a nonprofit, and the staff only speaks English, they feel intimidated and don’t want to go on,” said Adriana Godines, a...

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