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November 19, 2021 5:23 PM

DAI Leads Effort to Expand Access to Mental Health Services

[Excerpt] Mary Immaculate hosted a Dallas Area Interfaith meeting in late October where school, police and mental health officials committed to working with one another to better residents’ access to...

August 06, 2021 5:17 PM

DAI Drives Vaccination Push Among Immigrant Catholics in Dallas

[Excerpt] Dallas Area Interfaith has been working to help stop the spread of COVID-19 since the very beginning of the pandemic. The group, which has members from all religious groups, particularly...

June 25, 2021 4:40 PM

DAI Partners with Hospital and Parishes to Reach Immigrants

[Excerpt] Francis Basebang jumped at the chance to help organize a pop-up clinic for COVID-19 vaccinations at his Dallas parish. The nurse practitioner worried that his fellow parishioners from around...

June 01, 2021 10:56 PM

Texas IAF Blocks $10 Billion Dollar Corporate Tax Giveaway to Big Oil

[Excerpts] When organizers set out to overturn Texas’s giveaway program for the oil and gas industry, they had a long game in mind. Over 20 years, the tax exemption program...

April 26, 2021 5:54 PM

DAI, with Catholic Bishop & Texas IAF, Intensifies Push Against 'Permitless Carry'

[Excerpts] A new Senate committee, quietly formed Friday and stacked with Republicans who favor permitless carry, will have a hearing on the proposal next week, according to its new chairman......

April 22, 2021 6:28 PM

DAI, with Texas IAF, Bishops & Faithful Call on Lt. Governor and Senate to Reject 'Permitless Carry' Legislation

Bishops, rabbis, clergy and faithful from across Texas convened to express vocal opposition to the passage of proposed legislation HB1927 which would allow "permitless carry" in the state of Texas....

April 05, 2021 5:44 PM

CCHD Highlights DAI's Pandemic Response & Path Forward

[Excerpts] Three groups funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) strengthened their networks during the pandemic and developed innovative strategies that will likely persist after the virus is...

March 30, 2021 11:35 AM

DAI Leaders Reiterate Call to 'Bring the Vaccines to the People'

[Excerpt from Dallas Morning News] Racial and economic disparities have marked all aspects of the pandemic, from the early testing site locations to the diverging infection and death rates.The process for...

March 26, 2021 7:08 AM

DAI Calls for Inclusion of Low-Income Families in Plans to Bridge Digital Gap in Education

[Excerpts] About 1 million Texans don’t have home access to broadband, a state report found last summer. The pandemic made Texas’ already gaping digital divide much more challenging, which had...

March 25, 2021 11:32 AM

DAI Calls for Vaccine Access at Churches to Address Gaps in Equity

[Excerpts] It wasn’t that she didn’t try to get the vaccine. María Gilberta Reyna had attempted to register through a Dallas hospital’s online application, but she never managed to make...

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