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Intro to Community Organizing for New Member Congregations
- 1. CCISCO EXPLORATORY TRAINING Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization
- 2. Welcome
- 5. CCISCO Leadership Summit Structure El Cerrito Lafayette/ Orinda Pinole/ Hercules Richmond Countywide Leadership Summit Leadership Summit WestLeadership Summit East Antioch Brentwood Concord Oakley Pittsburg Structures channel power.
- 8. GROUND RULES & GUIDELINES • Respect yourself and one another • Practice self-focus • Difference between impact and intent • Step up, step back • Try on: take risks • Maintain confidentiality
- 10. I. Why Organize? Love without power is sentimentality. Power without love is despotism. Paul Tillich Justice is what love sounds like when it is spoken in public. Michael Eric Dyson
- 11. I. Why Organize? HOPE WITHIN HISTORY: STAGES OF FAITH DEVELOPMENT
- 12. Contra Costa
- 13. Contra Costa
- 16. Map of Foreclosures in Richmond
- 17. Bank profits are up, while the economy is down
- 19. Polluters
- 21. Example: Foreclosure Crisis …to Reverse Redlining A Geography of Credit… From Redlining…
- 25. OUR RESPONSE:
- 26. COMMUNITY
- 29. Next Steps Next Session: Tuesday, March 22 at 7:00pm at Temple Baptist Review Robert Linthicum article on “Systems As God Intends and Humanity Corrupts” Have a one-to-one conversation with one member of your congregation about their vision/
- 31. Social Inequities Health Inequities Segregation Income & Employment Education Housing Transportation Air Quality Food Access & Liquor Stores Physical Activity & Neighborhood Conditions Criminal Justice Access to Healthcare Social Relationships & Community Capacity Social Inequities
- 32. When the external becomes internal: How we internalize our environment Allostatic Load Inadequate Transportation Long Commutes Housing Lack of social capital High Demand- Low Control Jobs Lack of access to stores, jobs, services Crime Stress Stress Stress Stress Stress Stress
- 33. CRH AFFECTS MULTIPLE ORGANS & SYSTEMS STRESSOR CORTISOL Hypothalamus Pituitary Gland Adrenal Glands ACTH Stress pathway from brain to body Center on Social Disparities in Health, University of CA, San Francisco
- 34. 50 63 75 88 100 0% 15% 30% 45% 60% BARHII Life Expectancy and Poverty by Tract LifeExpectancy(Years) Poverty Rate Bay Area Poverty vs. Life Expectancy
- 35. Race and Racism Matters: Health Inequities by Race/Ethnicity 2.3 years 4.9 years 7.8 years
- 36. Cost of Poverty in San Francisco Bay Area • Every additional $12,500 in household income buys one year of life expectancy • (Benefit appears to plateau at household incomes above $150,000) • Similar gradients in Baltimore, NYC, Philadelphia, Hennepin County (Minneapolis-St. Paul), Colorado, California, AND Cuyahoga County ($6304/year of life)