Pact san jose pico

With a prophetic voice that organizes people to speak truth and justice we demand and create pathways to shared prosperity and a society in which every person lives with dignity and respect. PACT strives to be an inclusive organization that welcomes people of different races, faiths, cultures, languages, gender identities and sexual orientations, socio-economic and immigration status — in other words, people of diverse backgrounds and experiences — to fully participate in our work for racial and economic justice and to collectively address issues impacting our communities.

We commit to:. Welcome the unique experiences, skills, perspectives and realities that make each individual who they are. Keeping our core values and our mission in mind, we will strive to respect experiences that are different from our own and accept the diverse individuals and groups who make up our organization and community. PACT is an affiliate of Faith in Action with more than 1, member institutions representing one million families in cities and 17 states, PICO is one of the largest community-based efforts in the US.

John Vianney Parish Community Evergreen Valley Methodist Church The Sacred Heart Parish First Congregational Patrick Parish First Cong. Maria Goretti Francis Cabrini Most Holy Trinity South Hills Church- S.

San Jose Organizations PICO Organizations Working Partners Santa Clara County Records Series 3 Other Research Materials. Labor- Silicon Valley San Jose Power Brokers San Jose Department of Housing Loose Publications No online items. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.

Language of Material: English. Physical Description: 2. General Physical Description note: Good condition. Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner.

Heidi Swarts donated this collection consisting of materials that she used for her research on community organizing. Within the collection one will find information on the various actions, meetings, and projects of these two organizaitons that took place within the city of San Jose in the years Donated by Dr. Heidi Swarts who conducted research on community organizations, this collection details the actions of two organizations in the San Jose area.

Founded by Jerry Helfrich, S. PACT is a faith-based community organization that reaches out to communities through religious institutions in an effort to inflict positive social change.

PACT began to impacted siginificatly community life in the mid to late 90s, the reason most of this collection's documentationnon of PACT's activities dates from this era. This Series is arranged based on original order and content. Bulk: Physical Description: 3. Series 1 consists of various records, newspaper clippings, journal articles, and other documents that detail the work of PACT within the San Jose area. Homework Centers--Pact Physical Description: 1. Cambrian Park Physical Description: 1.