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March 16, 2010
CCISCO
Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization
CCISCO helps everyday people win extraordinary victories, not by speaking for them, but by providing a vehicle for them to speak, act and engage in the public arena for themselves. Since 1996, we have been organizing a voice for justice and equity in Contra Costa. We are a multi-ethnic, multi-generational, interfaith federation of 25 congregations and youth institutions representing over 35,000 families.
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News
CCISCO Leader Suzanne Marchant to Represent CCISCO and PICO in Meeting with Chairman Ben Bernanke
CCISCO Leader Suzanne Marchant will represent CCISCO and the PICO National Network in a meeting of leaders from CCISCO,PICO and National People's Action (NPA) with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday in Washington, DC. Bernanke is the most powerful official on economic issues in our country.
This meeting is a major step in CCISCO and PICO's Bank Accountability Campaign and will be taking place just two weeks after CCISCO and PICO Leaders met with Barbara Desoer, President of Home Loans, Mortgage and Insurance for Bank of America and addressed CEO Brian Moynihan at the Shareholders' Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina.
At this meeting, Bernanke will be asked to strengthen two laws:
1. The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) so that it regulates and review all the lending done by banks and not just lending in areas banks have branches in.
2. Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)--This is data on who gets loans that banks are require to collect. Because more people now have access to loans but many of them are "bad loans", we need changes to collect data on what kind of loans are offered to what kind of people based on where they live, their income, their racial background to see whether lending is "fair" or not.
CCISCO Leaders Continue to Fight for Healthcare at Home and in Washington, DC
On Thursday, February 25, CCISCO Leaders attended a health care summit Watch Party at the CCISCO Office in Martinez. The watch party was an opportunity for leaders to see a summary of President Obama's Summit on Health Care Reform as well as develop plans to address health care access at a local and national level.
CCISCO Leaders have been working tirelessly to increase access to healthcare at a local, county, state, and national level and their efforts have paid off. In Oakley, CCISCO Leaders are working on the final steps to obtain a clinic in that city. At a national level after holding a town hall meeting with Congressman George Miller last summer, CCISCO helped secure an affordability standard in the final healthcare reform legislation.
The urgency for healthcare reform and the budget cuts that our county faces was the focus of the health care meeting which triggered leaders to begin formulating strategies to adress these issues and help prevent further cuts that will decrease access to healthcare.
Official PICO Statement on the Health Care Reform Bill
Media Coverage:
Contra Costa Times-Contra Costa Faith Group To Host Health Care Summit Watch Party
The New York Times-Large Coalition of Faith Groups Urges Passage of Health Bill
