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Retreat to Reassess
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PUEBLO (People United for Economic justice Building Leadership through Organizing) recently retreated for the weekend in San Ynez to extablish their plans for the year. With new leadership from its Director, Belen Serea, the organization laid out it's plans for the year. It was an arduous process and came out with great results - our 4 most important things to accomplish this year!

PUEBLO's mission is
To build a sustainable community-based economic justice organization dedicated to building power and leadership among low-income Santa Barbara County residents.

What is PUEBLO?
Neighborhood Organizing / community-based organizing

Why does PUEBLO exist?
Equity
Change infrastructure
To empower low-income families
Injustice
Create opportunities
Remove republicans
Create an educated, organized voice – give voice
Affect policy and legislation
Capacity building
Leadership development

What problems do we address?
Low political participation among low-income people
Unaffordable housing
Lack of public transportation
Low-wage jobs
Lack of affordable healthcare
Unfair immigration policies
Lack of affordable child care
Broken education system

Whom do we serve?
Low-income community of Santa Barbara County

What do we do?
Build political power
Leadership development / empowerment
Grassroots organizing
Give voice to low-income residents
Political education

March 10, 2008 | 6:10 PM Comments  0 comments





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