DAI Engages Candidates in Republican & Democratic Primaries

In a well-attended nonpartisan accountability assembly north of Dallas, DAI engaged primary candidates in competitive districts, including Congressional District 32, House Districts 102 and 114, and Senate District 2.  Leaders from...

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DAI, Catholics Pressure Texas Senators to Support DREAMers

Dallas Area Interfaith has been quietly working with Catholic congregations to build support for DREAMers who are now in danger of losing their temporary legal status as their DACA permits...

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DAI Recruits 1,200 Potential New Citizens, Preaches Citizenship

Catholic priests and lay leaders recently took to the pulpit to spread the word that a key element of the Catholic faith is participation in public life, which includes voting....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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