NOAH NEWS!
NOAH in a Nutshell
Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH) is an anti-racist, inter-faith coalition of congregations, community organizations, and labor unions (around 70 member organizations). We aim to amplify the power of ordinary people so that their voices are heard in the public arena. GNUUC is a founding member of NOAH.
NOAH is a member of Gamaliel, a national network of local organizations committed to building political power by uniting people of different races and faiths.
NOAH engages ordinary people in the political and economic decisions affecting their lives, acting as a unified voice for the faith and justice community to act on its values in the public arena. NOAH does not endorse political candidates but gets them to endorse our issues agenda, and pledge to work with NOAH if they are elected.
Currently, NOAH has four task forces, selected at its most recent Issues Convention: Affordable Housing; Education; Economic Equity, Jobs, and Transportation; and Transformational Justice. Additionally, there are three working groups: the Faith Leaders Caucus, made up of clergy members, Integrated Voter Engagement (IVE), which engages with voters about the issues they care about, and, more recently, the Immigrant Rights Campaign, which has partnered with The Remix to provide Know Your Rights trainings, among other things.
Pro-Democracy Bootcamp and Day of Action!
On Friday, NOAH and over 200 leaders from around Tennessee and the nation, from Gamaliel and other organizing networks, came together at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel to learn about Organizing Pivots. It was a lively and deeply important time together, to identify the pillars of authoritarianism and to identify ourselves and others on the spectrum of influence - strategies that will guide us in our work ahead!
NOAH led an electrifying rally and fun action on Saturday - picketing the AT&T store on West End Avenue - to get the corporation and consumers to pull out of their relationship with ICE. Consumer support for AT&T and AT&T's contract with ICE means technology, data, and communications that facilitate the abduction of our immigrant neighbors. This is a red line that should not be crossed - we are saying NO MORE BUSINESS WITH AT&T as long as they are doing business with ICE!
New and seasoned NOAH leaders made our work together an awesome success! More to come in this movement.
Some upcoming NOAH events:
On Sunday, April 12th, at 3:00 pm, NOAH's Education Task Force will be hosting a school board candidates forum, asking candidates for school board districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 to commit to justice. Location is Kairos-Ebenezer AME Church.
On Thursday, April 16th, at 6:30 pm, the Transformational Justice Task Force will host a forum for judicial candidates at Clark Memorial UMC.
On June 4, NOAH will hold its annual fundraising banquet, to be held again at Trevecca Nazarene University Boone Convocation Center. Save the date!
