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The MOSES Clergy Caucus makes a moral statement in support of an improved transportation system in Southeastern Michigan.
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Health Care
The MOSES Healthcare Taskforce is one of the driving forces behind the Michigan Health Care Ballot Campaign. This campaign is looking to put on the state ballot a constitutional amendment to make healthcare a right for all residents in the state of Michigan. It also requests that a health care system be formed with the faith principles that it be affordable, comprehensive, cost-effective and provide necessary primary, acute and chronic health care needs. We are in the process of collecting signatures, so if you would like to help gather signatures, please call the MOSES office. |
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The city of Detroit has well over 40,000 abandoned and vacant properties. Abandoned properties and vacant land are detriments to communities. Vacant properties reduce property values in surrounding areas, depress property tax revenues, and create significant public safety hazards.
MOSES declared the need for land banks in 2001. MOSES relentless advocating resulted in the passage of Michigan land bank legislation in December of 2003. MOSES continued to fight for land banks, and the establishment of the Wayne County land bank authority in 2006 paved the way for the Detroit land bank authority approval by the city council today, July 29, 2008!
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Safe Zones
Since its inception in 1995, dozens of congregations have undertaken an effort to create "safe zones" in numerous neighborhoods. Congregation members go door to door to interview residents about crime "hot spots" in their neighborhood in an effort to eliminate drugs, gangs, abandoned buildings and prostitution. Congregations have conducted dozens of community meetings to hold law enforcement accountable to following up on complaints. Through this process over 100 drug houses have been raided and millions in cash, weapons and drugs have been confiscated.
The Safe Zones Taskforce has been meeting monthly since the beginning of the year to plan a City-Wide Safe Zone Outreach on May 17th. Through the Safe Zones, MOSES members can work to combat blight and crime in their neighborhoods.
Over 20 congregations are already planning to participate.
More are welcome to get involved. Congregations are encouraged to send a team of at least 15 people to learn about Safe Zones. |
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Civil Rights and Immigration
Fighting for the right of Michigan's Immigrants
MOSES has established a new taskforce to work on key civil rights issues in our state: racial profiling, insurance discrimination and immigration reform.
The CRI Taskforce worked with Majority House Leader, Steve Tobocman, to ensure that legal residents in the state of Michigan could continue to receive a valid driver's license. The taskforce jumped into action when anti-immigrant politicians enacted a policy that would strip the driver's license from almost all immigrants in Michigan.
Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the legislation giving immigrants the opportunity to obtain a driver's license after MOSES and allies advocated in Lansing. This victory would not have been possible without the leadership of Representative Steve Tobocman. |
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Supermarket Taskforce
We are organizing a committee that will work to bring quality food and jobs to Detroit. Join the Supermarket Taskforce!!! Contact Juan Escareno for moreinformation (313) 962-5290 ext 20 |
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