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In Dallas and beyond, people take to the streets to both salute and dispute Biden win

November 10, 2020

Amid cheers, honking horns and clanging pans, demonstrators marched through downtown Dallas on Saturday to celebrate Joe Biden’s victorious bid for the White House as citizens around the country similarly rallied in both praise and protest of the election’s outcome. Organizers of the Dallas event said that while the result was cause for celebration, their […]

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Wes Helm in Reform Austin: Texas Faith Leaders, Count Every Vote

November 7, 2020

Religious leaders from across Texas are encouraging voters to keep the faith in the U.S. election system and allow for the counting of every legal ballot. Put another way: Trust in the country’s institutions and in each other. … As a community organizer for Faith in Texas, a nonpartisan, interfaith political action group, Rev. Wes Helm has […]

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Dallas Mavs and Wings Join “Team Up for Change” Virtual Summit

October 27, 2020

The Dallas Mavericks — in partnership with the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings, and Indiana Pacers, along with the WNBA’s Dallas Wings, Minnesota Lynx, and Indiana Fever — hosted the Team Up For Change virtual summit on Oct. 21. This was put in place to unite, activate, and inspire a shared […]

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Community Conversations: Faith Leaders Encouraging Young Poll Workers

October 7, 2020

Election Day is 4 weeks away and Faith leaders in Dallas are encouraging young people to become poll workers. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker talks to Rabbi Nancy Kasten, Robert Elkin & Reverend Stacey Brown. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker talks to Rabbi Nancy Kasten, Robert Elkin & Reverend Stacey Brown. “You look at the civil rights […]

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Akilah Wallace in DMN: How the DFW Community Can Remove Barriers to Fundraising for Black Philanthropies

August 19, 2020

More than half of Black Philanthropy Month has passed. It will culminate with Give 8/28 on August 28. Akilah Wallace — executive director of Faith in Texas, founding chair of HERitage Giving Fund and Young Black & Giving Back Institute 2019 Philanthropist of the Year — helped kick off the effort earlier this month. In the lead-up to […]

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Faith in Texas in Dallas Morning News: ‘Never again,’ faithful say on second day of Juneteenth rallies

June 22, 2020

Dallas faithful looked to the deaths of Black people past and present on Saturday to shout “Never again!,” while others eyed the future in calling for turning the current tide of emotions and energy toward institutional change and higher voter turnout. A second day of Juneteenth rallies began with a march — or as pastor […]

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Grassroots Community Organizations Launch COVID-19 Mass Bailout Campaign in Celebration of Juneteenth

June 19, 2020

The Larry Hoover Project in partnership with Faith in Texas and For Oak Cliff is launching Operation Exodus, a large-scale bailout initiative in response to COVID-19 spreading at alarming rates in jails and prisons. Operation Exodus is a collaborative effort fueled by grassroots organizations, community leaders, small businesses, and formerly incarcerated people to free those […]

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Faith in Texas and Partners Call on Judges, Sheriff, to Protect Incarcerated People in the COVID-19 Crisis

March 25, 2020

For Immediate Release Faith in Texas and partners are calling on the Dallas County Felony and Misdemeanor Criminal Judges, and Sheriff Marian Brown to act now to protect all of us –– our incarcerated loved ones, and those who work in courts, jails, and prisons, as well as our entire community. Read the full letters […]

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