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Religious group demands help for impoverished Pinellas County residents listen
03/13/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St.Pete City Council, FAST, Faith in Action for Strength Together, unemployment, education, NIFDI, direct instruction, poverty
More than 3,000 faith-driven residents are demanding help for Pinellas County’s poor. During an action at downtown St. Pete’s Tropicana Field last night, the group Faith and Action for Strength Together, or FAST, asked elected officials to implement programs that would improve healthcare, housing, jobs and schools. Glad McCurtain is a member of FAST’s education committee.
Be the first to comment“We know that if a child cannot read at grade level by the third grade, there is a huge likelihood that the child will...
Faith-based group's efforts to reduce unemployment among people with records delayed again by St. Pete City Council listen
01/10/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St.Pete City Council, FAST, Faith in Action for Strength Together, unemployment
St. Pete City Council members deferred a vote on an ordinance today that would require city contractors to hire Florida residents for certain jobs. The plan presented Thursday was met with opposition from people on both sides of the local hiring argument.
The politically-motivated coalition of religious groups, called Faith in Action for Strength Together, or FAST, wants a local hiring ordinance. But they want it to include a provision that would make contractors hire people with crimina...
Be the first to commentPinellas County school board members decline request for new reading curriculum, called out for accepting status quo listen
03/20/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas County Schools, Pinellas County School Board, Pinellas County Sheriff, Bob Gualtieri, Robin Wikle, Linda Lerner, Janet Clark, Glen Gilzean, Jeff Danner, Charlie Gerdes, Karl Nurse, St. Pete City Council, FAST, Nehemia Action Assembly
Last night, 3,000 members of churches and other religious institutions in Pinellas County put some elected officials in the hot seat. Committees from the group Faith and Action for Strength Together forced yes or no answers about proposed policies from school board members, St. Pete City Council members, and the Pinellas County Sheriff. Only one proposal was declined. Several school board members rejected a program that Joe Magri, co-chair of FAST’s education committee, said has been desig...
1 commentsEthel and Kerry Kennedy join protest at Publix headquarters in Lakeland where farmworkers break 6 day fast listen
03/12/12 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: CIW, Publix, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, FAST, labor, Robert F. Kennedy
On Saturday after 6 days without food, more than 60 farmworkers and supporters ended their fast for fair food outside the Publix Supermarket corporate Headquarters in Lakeland. Nearly 1,000 people marched to the fast breaking ceremony organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
Publix supermarkets is the largest and fastest growing employee owned supermarket chain in the United States. They are also one of the longest hold outs from signing on to a Fair Food Agreement with Florida tom...
7 commentsPinellas FAST leaders call for action listen
04/12/11 Andrea LypkaRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: FAST, Dart Center, St. Petersburg, Largo, Pinellas County, Sheriff Coates, Julie Janssen, Pinellas County Schools
Budget cuts and the slow economic recovery are crippling Pinellas County’s public schools, affecting local jobs, affordable housing, and public programs. Organizers from a number of faith communities grilled public officials on these issues at the annual Nehemiah Action at the First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks on Monday, April 11. 3000 community members from 38 faith congregations came together as one group, called Faith and Action for Strength Together ([FAST](http://www.thedartcenter.org...
4 commentsInterfaith group makes annual requests listen
04/21/09 Amy BeemanWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: FAST, crime, discipline, repeat offenders
Nearly 2,000 people from 35 interfaith congregations met in Largo on Monday night at the Indian Rocks Baptist Church. The annual meeting of Faith and Action for Strength Together (FAST), was called to address problems in Pinellas County and commit to working on solutions.
Clergy members from Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish houses of worship led the discussion on issues affecting Pinellas County. They called on school board and county and city officials to commit to working toward solution...
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