Broad-Based Community Organizing Training

  On Monday, July 8th Paul Turner, an Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) community organizer, kicked off the first training session from the series Reflecting on Democracy: Why People of Faith Matter. Turner first explained IAF’s unique history. IAF is a network of local faith and community-based organizations, and OTOC is one of those organizations!  In […]

June Issue Cafes explore housing, organizing, power generation

Environmental Sustainability with OPPD On June 27, we had our final June issue cafe. 17 people attended to learn about three new OPPD programs: community solar, electrical vehicle rebates, and the low-income energy efficiency pilot. On April 1st, OPPD announced their community solar program that allows you to get affordable solar energy. Solar energy uses […]

Spanish Leadership Formation

80 Hispanic leaders from more than 21 different institutions gathered for a two-day leadership formation on June 21 and June 22. Sponsored by the Institute for Public Leadership, Omaha Together One Community, Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Inter-faith Education Fund, these participants learned how to connect one’s faith to relational organizing practices. The leadership […]