September 24, 2004
This case study explains how Oakland Community Organizations organized parents and community leaders to create new schools that are outperforming comparable ones in the city.
CCO’s Covenant for Families, developed by the work of congregations across the metro, includes three concrete campaigns in which we will come together to reduce inequality, improve public health, and secure financial security for families. These priorities call for improvements to the systems we live in and the creation of new solutions to the everyday problems we face.
At this critical time of financial crisis and political gridlock, will you stand up for working families and call for policies and measures that will make this country a Land of Opportunity for all? Add your name and join the clergy leaders below who have already signed.
Join people of faith and communities leaders throughout Kansas City to CAP THE RATE on payday and other high cost loans. Learn how predatory lending affects our families and join the 36 for 36% movement here.
Check out the data, charts, and maps from October 18th Communities Creating Opportunity NOW Action at Union Station.
You have the power to improve neighborhoods throughout Greater Kansas City through CCO. Click here to learn more.
The Faith and Families Summit is a day in which faith and lay leaders from across Missouri convene in our capitol to seek solutions to issues hurting our families and impacting our congregations.
See how PICO changes lives, strengthens families and revitalizes communities across the country.