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November 22, 2017 12:56 PM

Texas Catholic: Hundreds Meet to Discuss Parish ID

[Photo Credit: Ron Hefflin, Texas Catholic] Hundreds Meet to Discuss Parish ID, Texas Catholic [pdf] Live Stream of Assembly, Catholic Diocese of Dallas Video Clip of Bishop's Statement Video Clip...

November 06, 2017 5:29 AM

For Immigrants Without State ID, DAI Negotiates Acceptance of Parish ID with Dallas-Area Police Departments

For the first time in North Texas, immigrants without state ID will be allowed to use parish identification cards to identify themselves with Farmers Branch, Carrollton and Dallas Police...

August 30, 2017 4:42 PM

800 Arlington-Mansfield Leaders Get Clarity on SB4 at St. Joseph Catholic

[Excerpt] To abate the confusion, fear, and anxiety about SB 4, about 10 police officers representing Arlington, Fort Worth, Kennedale, and Mansfield Police Departments met Aug. 29 at St. Joseph...

July 17, 2017 7:06 AM

700 DAI Leaders Clarify SB4 Policy with Dallas Police

Before a packed audience of 700 leaders of Dallas Area Interfaith, and on the one-year anniversary of the shooting that took the lives of five police officers, Dallas Area Interfaith...

July 13, 2017 7:33 PM

Graduate Credits Skill Quest for Wage Growth

For almost ten years, Mauricio Aguilar vacillated between dead-end tech jobs paying $10-25 per hour, putting in long hours to support his wife and four children. This went on until he "took Skill...

June 12, 2017 4:33 PM

DAI Turns Out 400 Votes in District 6 Runoff Election

Former Mayor Pro Tem Monica Alonzo, who waited until the day before the election to support Dallas Area Interfaith's agenda in support of affordable housing and early childhood education, lost...

May 12, 2017 11:29 AM

DAI Boosts District 6 Voter Turnout by 66%, Forces Runoff Election

Hundreds of DAI leaders forced a runoff election by increasing the number of voters by almost 800 in a region of Dallas home to housing code changes and mass evictions....

April 26, 2017 5:53 AM

DAI Grills D6 Candidates on Issues Days Before Election

In District 6, where only 800 votes were cast in the previous election, DAI leaders organized a nonpartisan accountability assembly in which 300 local residents grilled city council candidates on...

January 24, 2017 5:36 AM

University Study Credits DAI with Blocking Arlington Payday Lending

[Excerpt below from page 81 of study linked below]“Catholic congregations and leaders…were central in the push for payday lending reform in nearby Arlington. Father Daniel Kelley of St. Joseph Catholic...

December 13, 2016 5:22 AM

DAI Welcomes New Catholic Bishop Edward J. Burns

When Pope Francis announced the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Bishop Edward Burns, DAI welcomed him and expressed eagerness to collaborate. According to lead organizer Josephine Lopez-Paul:...

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