LAM leaders and community members assemble in Assemblyman Herb Wesson’s office for a prayer vigil as part of the MCI action to reduce the high collect call rates from state prisons.

Resources

Capacity-Building Resources for Start-Ups (board development, communications, financial management, technology, etc.), GrantCraft

Faith-Based Community Organizing: The State of the Field, Interfaith Funders, 2001. 

Faith-Based Organizations in Community Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches: Organizational Profile, Marguerite Casey Foundation

Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches: Organizing Congregations to Create Change, USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture

The role of small and medium-sized African American churches in promoting healthy lifestyles, Journal of Religion and Health, Fall 2003.

The State of Black California, California Legislative Black Caucus