{"id":148,"date":"2014-07-06T19:07:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T19:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uutampa.org\/search2014\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2014-09-01T00:07:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T00:07:28","slug":"hope","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uutampa.org\/search2014\/hope","title":{"rendered":"HOPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>What is HOPE?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hillsboroughhope.org%20\">http:\/\/hillsboroughhope.org<br \/>\n<\/a>HOPE (Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality) is a multicultural and interfaith multi-issue, grassroots, community organization comprising 16 member congregations throughout Hillsborough County. Our congregation joined HOPE in 1993, as one of the various cultures, denominations, and faiths in Hillsborough County. Organizationally, HOPE is a private, non-profit, 501(c) 3, tax-exempt, nonpartisan community organization founded and incorporated in the State of Florida in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>HOPE&#8217;s mission is to promote justice, fairness, and the dignity of people, by engaging and training people to responsibly and successfully act together to hold officials accountable for improving the systems affecting the quality of life in our communities. We do that by listening to our members and neighbors to identify common community problems, researching solutions, and then publicly engaging decision-makers to obtain their commitment to implement those solutions.<\/p>\n<p>HOPE is funded in three ways: 1) Dues from member organizations; 2) Investments from individuals, small businesses, and local corporations; and 3) Grants. We do not accept United Way or government funds.<\/p>\n<p>HOPE&#8217;s Long Range Goals<br \/>\n\u2022 Strengthen member organizations\u2019 influence upon the quality of life in their community.<br \/>\n\u2022 Engage members in listening and relationship building processes to identify and successfully address community problems.<br \/>\n\u2022 Enhance the members\u2019 civic action skills to publicly hold accountable the political and economic systems responsible for ensuring justice and fairness.<br \/>\n\u2022 Correct inequities in education, public services, neighborhood infrastructure, housing, employment, health care, police protection, and traffic safety.<\/p>\n<p>HOPE\u2019s organizing process has achieved noteworthy victories.<br \/>\n\u2022 In January 2013, the City of Tampa passed an ordinance that removes the question about a criminal history from their job application, to decrease discrimination in the hiring process.<br \/>\n\u2022 The county established a Birth Certificates and ID Program for the homeless, providing over 2,800 birth certificates and IDs to date.<br \/>\n\u2022 The school system created the Alternative to Out of School Suspension (ATOSS) program at a cost of $1.7 million\/year, positively affecting over 150,000 suspended children in the past 14 years!<\/p>\n<p>Currently, HOPE is working on 3 issues:<br \/>\n\u2022 Affordable Housing Trust Fund<br \/>\n\u2022 Tampa Ordinance Expansion Issue<br \/>\n\u2022 Criminal Justice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is HOPE? http:\/\/hillsboroughhope.org HOPE (Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality) is a multicultural and interfaith multi-issue, grassroots, community organization comprising 16 member congregations throughout Hillsborough County. Our congregation joined HOPE in 1993, as one of the various cultures, denominations, and faiths in Hillsborough County. 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