[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...
Read More[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...
Read More[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...
Read MoreAfter 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...
Read More[Excerpt] On a recent Saturday, the priest passed out bags of eggs, beans, rice, tomatoes and chicken and sprinted like a grocery store clerk to families waiting in a long...
Read More[Excerpts] “It’s a special time with everything that’s happening because of the pandemic, but we have to think of our homes as having converted into our church where the word...
Read More[Excerpt] While health and government officials work to manage the outbreak, families are struggling to pay bills and buy groceries. Josephine Lopez Paul, the lead organizer for the Dallas Area...
Read MoreAfter the Covid-19 pandemic precipitated an economic crisis of historic proportions, the Industrial Areas Foundation launched a campaign calling on Congress to provide direct monthly aid for the duration of the...
Read MoreParish identification cards, an IAF immigration strategy developed in collaboration with the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, are now accepted at Dallas County Covid-19 mobile testing units. [Photo Credit: Smiley N....
Read More“With so much anxiety in the air over the coronavirus, these measures will free many of our brothers and sisters from additional anxieties over the basic necessities of life.” --...
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