Volunteer Opportunity: 2013 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count + Oportunidad para voluntarios: 2013 Cuenta de Personas sin Vivienda en Los Angeles

01/12/2013

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is the lead agency responsible for completing the Count. The Count helps LAHSA demonstrate our area’s need for housing, shelter, and service programs to the federal government.  With your help we can end homelessness.  They count. The question is: Will you?

To register, please click here or speak to Mira Chaikin.  The time commitment is only three to five hours a day.  If you have any questions, please contact Maricor Garaniel, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Volunteer Coordinator at mgaraniel@lahsa.org or 213-225-8410

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El Los Ángeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) es la principal agencia responsable por completando la Cuenta. La Cuenta ayuda a LAHSA a demostrar la necesidad de nuestra area por vivienda, albergues y programas de servicio al gobierno federal. Con su ayuda podemos terminar este problema. Estas personas cuentas. La cuestión que existe es: ¿Lo hará?

Para registrarse por favor haga clic aqui o hable con Mira Chaikin.  El compromiso es por solo tres a cinco horas cada día.  Si tiene cuestiones, por favor comuníquese con Maricor Garaniel, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Coordinador de Voluntarios al mgaraniel@lahsa.org o 213-225-8410.

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Homeownership Resource Fair + Feria de Recorsos para Compara de Vivienda: 2.4.12

01/26/2012

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Snapshots: One LA IAF Action 1.30.11

02/15/2011

Led by Jane Hirsch and Virgie Pickering, 14 Immanuelites participated in the One LA IAF action on January 30, 2011, at Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills.

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One LA Action: 1.30.11

01/26/2011

Sunday, January 30
3:00-5:00 pm
Temple Emanuel
8844 Burton Way
Beverly Hills 90211

On January 30th 2011, over 400 leaders from One LA congregations and institutions will gather at Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills to present a community agenda for health care reform, to State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, Assemblyman Mike Feuer, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and other invited guests.

Over the past several months, Rabbi Laura Geller and others from Temple Emanuel have begun working with Father Rosendo Urrabazo and other leaders from Our Lady Queen of Angeles Catholic Church in Downtown LA to address the challenges that their respective communities face in accessing quality, affordable health care.  These leaders are members of One LA – IAF, a broad-based organization of churches, synagogues, schools, unions and nonprofits. Together with other community institutions from South LA, Koreatown and the San Fernando Valley, they have conducted hundreds of house meetings and community conversations, as well as dozens of research meetings with CEOs, executive directors, policy experts and other stakeholders.

These meetings have led to the creation of a community agenda for health care reform that reflects the diverse range of interests that are part of One LA’s constituency.  Focus areas include: limiting insurance rate increases; regulating the ability of insurance companies to deny claims; increasing access to Medi-Cal and other public programs for uninsured and low income individuals; and addressing the challenges facing small and medium-sized employers.

For further information please contact Jane Hirsch (jane@jsasoc.org) or Virgie Pickering (virgie@immanuelpres.org).

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One LA Cluster Meeting + Reunión de One LA: 1.6.11

01/03/2011

Thursday, January 6,
7:00 pm in the Parlor

One LA is currently organizing communities to effect real changes in health care, education, and local issues.  At this meeting we will be planning our January 30 Health Care Assembly, where we will meet with public officials and demand action furthering our health care agenda.  All are welcome!

jueves, 6 de enero,
7:00 pm en el Parlor

Actualmente One LA esta organizando comunidades para lograr reales cambios a asistencia sanitaria, educación y problemas locales.  Durante esta reunión estaremos planeando nuestra Asamblea de Cuidado Medico el 30 de enero, donde nos reuniremos con oficiales públicos y demandaremos acción para avanzar nuestra agenda de asistencia sanitaria.  ¡Todos/as son bienvenidos/as!

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One LA Health Care Action 11.21.10

11/19/2010

We’re Working to Improve Access to Health Care

Sunday, November 21, 2010
2:00-5:00pm

Temple Emanuel
300 North Clark Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

  • Workshops on selected health care topics
  • Understand the impact of the new legislation
  • Identify common issues and challenges
  • Build a constituency for positive change

Please join us!


Estamos Trabajando Para Mejorar el Acceso al Cuidado Medico

Domingo 21 de Noviembre del 2010
2:00-5:00pm

Templo Emanuel
300 North Clark Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

  • Talleres sobre algunos temas de la salud
  • Entender el impacto de la nueva legislación
  • Identificar los problemas y retos comunes
  • Crear un grupo organizado para un cambio positivo

¡Por favor únase con nosotros!

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DREAM Act Action

09/20/2010

The DREAM Act is likely to come to a vote in the U.S. Senate early this week.  Immanuel has advocated for and will continue to advocate for this important legislation which would have a profound effect on families we know and society at large by creating a path for children of undocumented immigrants to regularize their status and enjoy the full benefits of citizenship.

Click here for an overview of the Act and its history from Wikipedia.

Show your support for the bill by signing a petition sponsored by Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Soujourners.  Click here.

You may also show your support for the Act by making a call to your Senator’s office.  Our friends at the Korean Resource Center have provided this handy “how-to” video.

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A Day in the Fields + Un Día en los Campos 6.12.10

05/25/2010

Saturday, June 12th – A Day in the Fields

Farm workers are people we are connected to each day when we eat and they need our support as consumers in their struggles for justice and dignity. But have you ever met a farm worker and listened to his or her story? Have you walked through the fields and seen the long rows of vines where farm workers labor in the hot summer heat? On Sat., June 12th the National Farm Worker Ministry will be traveling to Bakersfield, CA with a group of supporters from the LA area to get to know more closely a little more of the reality of farm workers in California. We will get the chance to meet with workers from the company of Giumarra Vineyards, where farm workers are currently organizing to improve their conditions after facing years of exploitative labor practices.

We will leave from LA at about 9:00am and return about 6:00pm. Carpool or transportation will be provided for those interested.

Come be a part of this chance to connect with farm workers and learn from them and their struggle!
If you are interested, please contact Christy Lafferty, (323) 893-9605 or clafferty@nfwm.org.

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Sábado, 12 de junio – Un día en los campos

Los trabajadores del campo son personas a quienes estamos conectados cada día cuando comemos y que necesitan nuestro apoyo como los consumidores en sus luchas por la justicia y la dignidad. Pero ¿alguna vez has conocido a un trabajador agrícola y escuchó su historia? ¿Has caminado por los campos a ver las largas filas de viñas, donde trabajan los campesinos en el calor del verano caliente? El sábado, 12 de junio el Ministerio Nacional para los Campesinos va a viajar a Bakersfield, California, con un grupo de apoyadores del área de Los Ángeles para conocer más de la realidad de los trabajadores agrícolas en California. Vamos a tener la oportunidad de reunirse con los trabajadores de la compañía de Giumarra Vineyards, donde ellos están organizando para mejorar sus condiciones después de enfrentarse con años de prácticas de explotación laboral.

Salimos de Los Angeles alrededor de las 9:00 am y regresamos alrededor de las 6:00 pm. El transporte será proporcionado para los interesados.

Ven a ser parte de esta oportunidad de conectar con los trabajadores del campo y aprender de ellos y su lucha!
Si usted está interesado, póngase en contacto con Christy Lafferty, (323) 893-9605 o clafferty@nfwm.org.

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One LA-IAF Action 3.7.10

03/08/2010

On Sunday, leaders from Immanuel participated in a gathering of 450 leaders of One LA, from all over Los Angeles, at Temple Isaiah, to demand improvements in schools.   Superintendent Ray Cortines, School Board members, and a Council Member listened as parents told their stories of wanting help for their children transitioning to middle school, and wanting safe and effective schools. Cortines pledged to increase the length of “Camp Emerson,” which orients children starting middle school, to make sure that bus stops are safe so that there will be no more near accidents when dropping children off, to provide more teacher and parent training, and to make similar improvements throughout LA. Administrators committed to make public schools more effective by creating a culture of collaboration.

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