EBHO’s Interfaith Communities United for Affordable Housing
Interfaith Communities United for Affordable Housing (ICU) develops and maintains collaborative relationships with leading Bay Area interfaith and inter-religious organizations, including key partners listed below. ICU aims to advance housing justice through faith leaders and communities, and bring to light the shared struggle with workers' rights, immigrant rights, and economic justice.
Major activities include the Annual Interfaith Breakfast, "Shelter in a Time of Storms," every October, and Housing Sabbath every May during Affordable Housing Week. ICU holds planning meetings on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 12 noon.For more information or to get involved, contact Reverend Phil Lawson at Phil@EBHO.org or 510-663-3830 ext. 314.
ICU partners and congregations
- Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)
- Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
- Catholic Housing Initiative of the East Bay
- Contra Costa Faith Works!
- Contra Costa Interfaith Housing
- Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO)
- Easter Hill United Methodist Church, Richmond
- FAITHS Initiative, San Francisco Foundation
- Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP)
- Interfaith Committee for Workers’ Justice, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
- Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County
- Mills Grove Christian Church, Oakland
- Northern California Inter-Religious Conference
- Sojourner Truth Presbyterian Church, Richmond
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, El Cerrito