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Jesus & Justice

Friendship-West Baptist Church is committed to serving Jesus and fighting for justice. Our fearless leader and Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III, travels the world speaking truth to power, giving a voice to the voiceless and providing hope & help to those in need. It is in our DNA to fight for justice, with a focus on social, economic, gender, food, and environmental justice for everyone. If you would like more information regarding our Social Justice Ministry or need support, contact us at 972-228-5200 or email justice@friendshipwest.org.

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Every 3rd Wednesday of the Month

Please Register Online by the 2nd Sunday of the Month

Hosted by Social Justice Community

The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP) with the support of Friendship West will offer virtual legal intake clinics every third Wednesday of each month. Legal intake clinics are a pathway for individuals who meet certain financial requirements to receive free legal assistance. The areas of law that are generally covered include, but are not limited to: family, consumer, housing, individual rights, probate and wills - the clinics do not support criminal cases, tickets or fee generating cases such as personal injury. During the intake clinic, individuals will have the opportunity to speak with a volunteer attorney responsible only for gathering relevant facts about the individual’s legal matter. After the intake clinic, DVAP works to identify an attorney who agrees to represent the individual for his or her legal matter at no cost.

If this is a resource that you may need, please complete and submit your application online at https://tinyurl.com/DVAPClinic by the second Sunday of the month. To get routed to the DVAP Clinic supported by Friendship West, be sure to indicate Friendship West on the DVAP application in the referral section. We look forward to working with you!

Want to learn more about the
87th Texas Legislative Session?

Please attend the Texas Impact Weekly Witness broadcasts sponsored by Friendship-West.

Friendship-West will have guest speaker(s) to be a part of the conversation. Join the watch party on the Friendship-West Facebook page and website on Feb. 15th, Mar. 1st, Apr. 19th, and May 3rd at 12 noon.

Zoom Registration

Weekly Witness Schedule

February 8: Texas State Budget
February 15: Policing Reform*
February 22: Voting Rights

April 5: Climate
April 12: Religious Freedom
April 19 Climate/Energy*
April 26: Disaster Justice

March 1: COVID & Public Health*
March 8: Texas Interfaith Advocacy Days
March 15: Texas State Budget
March 22: Public Education
March 29: Migration

May 3: Redistricting*
May 10: Legislative Updates Only
May 17: Legislative Updates Only
May 24: Legislative Updates Only

*Friendship-West Guest Speaker(s)

Visit the Texas Impact website to learn how you can attend the weekly broadcast.

Texas Impact Online

Pandemic Preparedness

Evictions and Hospitalization are on the rise in the midst of a global pandemic. Join this event to learn your tenant and patient rights!

Join Attorneys Mark Melton and Alexier Barbour for an informative session on tenant and patient’s rights and representatives from Faith Formula, Chocolate Mint, and Harmony to gain access to rental and mortgage assistance.
For more information contact the Justice ministry by email at justice@friendshipwest.org

"And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me."
Matthew 25:45

Social Justice

“Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth--even if they decide to help the less fortunate--while others are short-changed, then even acts of kindness end up supporting unjust arrangements. We must never ignore the injustices that make charity necessary, or the inequalities that make it possible. ”
― Michael Eric Dyson, Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor."
Luke 4:18-19

Economic Justice

“Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism but in a higher synthesis. It is found in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.

"If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,
Job 31:13

Gender Justice

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.”
-Maya Angelou

More Gender Justice

"By the power of your hand, O Lord, destroy those who look to this world for their reward. But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones. May their children have plenty, leaving an inheritance for their descendants."

Food Justice

“If you give a hungry man food, he will eat it. [But] if you give him land, he will grow his own food.”
-Fannie Lou Hammer

"Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you."
Deuteronomy 16:20

Environmental Justice

"Today, it is known that climate change and the fossil fuel practices that drive it place a disproportionate burden upon poor communities, especially poor communities of color. The connections that link multiple struggles for justice are now readily apparent."
-Brooks Berndt

More Environmental Justice

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Additional Organizations for Systemic Change:

Movement for Black Lives
https://m4bl.org/

Campaign Zero
https://www.joincampaignzero.org/

Dallas Black Clergy
https://www.dallasblackclergy.org/

Poor People’s Campaign
https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/june2020/

Color of Change
https://colorofchange.org/

BYP100
https://www.byp100.org/

Housing/Rental Assistance Resources

Because of the Coronavirus pandemic United Way has put together what is called the Dallas Rental Assistance Collaborative Solution team. Go to
https://unitedwaydallas.org/rental-assistance to see the list of partners. Please feel free to share with those who reach out for assistance.

In order to qualify Dallas residents must meet the following criteria:

Make less than 80% of the Dallas-area median household income ($48,300/individual)
NOT have received CARES Act housing assistance from another collaborative, agency partner, city or county
NOT be currently on a voucher program, living in HUD or living in a relative’s home

Additionally, applicants must provide documentation of the impact of COVID-19 to their circumstance, including but not limited to the following:

Proof of job/income loss, temporary or permanent
Reduction in work hours/income
Increased healthcare and household expenses that attributed to insufficient funds for housing