The S.A.L.T Presents
The 2nd Annual Faith Summit
Sep 26, 2024, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena
A Movement of God
Welcome to the 2nd Annual Faith Summit
The Faith Collaborative to End Homelessness's (FCEH) mission is to coordinate and strengthen partnerships with Faith Based Organizations (FBOs).
Through the summit, FCEH aims to convene critical community partners to strengthen the impact or our collective efforts to serve and house our neighbors experiencing homelessness.
JULY 2024
Featured guest speaker at the UNNC (United Neighbors Neighborhood Council) which is a Governing Board consisting of 23 Board seats. 12 board seats are designated for residents of the six region areas within the neighborhood council boundaries (see map page) and 11 seats are for non-resident stakeholders such as business, education, non-profit, cultural heritage, and at-large interests.
During today’s meeting, access to an abundance of resources were shared as well as the CES (Coordinated Entry System) “the network that aligns homeless services in the County together to ensure that resources are efficiently and equitably distributed to support people experiencing homelesness.”
We are excited about this commenced partnership with the UNNC. Hallelujah! Our city continues to rise.
UNNC, Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, CA – July 25, 2024
Assisted in conducting the Veterans & Family Community Appreciation Day, hosted by Rev. Henry Brown, Community Outreach Coordinator for Veterans at the Southeast Los Angeles WorkSource Center, based at the Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC).
For over 60 years, WLCAC has been providing an array of human services to the residents of Watts. Realizing the need for skills training and employment opportunities lead to the creation of their Job Training and Employment Division. Specifically, its WorkSource and YouthSource Centers provide these services free of charge to employer and job seekers. Their Workforce Development Department manages 6 grants that focus on providing job placement, reentry specific services and programs, employment retention, and vocational training for their clients.
Rev. Brown, who leads this effort, remains one of the most outspoken and dedicated advocates for Veterans Services. We are truly blessed to partner with this dear brother in serving those who have bravely served to protect our freedom.
The Historic WLCAC Phoenix Hall, Watts, South Los Angeles, CA – July 18, 2024
JUNE 2024
Men’s Fellowship is a continuous, fervent call for men in our community to partner with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in effectively administering Foster Youth Family Mediation, serving as Cultural Brokers.
This is a vital role in bridging gaps between diverse cultural perspectives within foster families. This approach helps to mediate conflicts, enhance understanding, and create more harmonious relationships by respecting and integrating the cultural backgrounds of both the youth and their families.
Under the leadership of Senior Pastor Orlando Hadnot, Holy Tabernacle MBC stands as one of the strongest forces for lasting social improvement in Los Angeles, particularly in the prominent area of Ladera Heights.
Holy Tabernacle of God Missionary Baptist Church, Southwest Los Angeles – June 8, 2024
MAY 2024
Spearheaded the founding and launch of the inaugural Mayor of Compton’s Clergy Breakfast, hosted by Mayor Emma Sharif and supported by pastors and congregational leaders from across the City of Compton. Hallelujah! This collaboration has powerfully advanced our unified efforts toward community improvement under God’s guidance!
Dollarhide Community Center, Compton, CA – National Day of Prayer, May 2, 2024
APRIL 2024
Faith Leaders, as your fellow servants to the people of God, please allow us to humbly encourage your occasional participation in the decision-making process for your local community. As regularly stated in the “Code of Conduct” audio recording played at the beginning of each session of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, “Members of the public, it is your right to participate in today’s board hearing and the Board encourages such participation.”
Again, please, at the minimum, schedule once or twice a year on your calendar to respectfully attend these and other sessions conducted by your elected officials… and let your voice be heard.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Meetings – take place weekly on Tuesday at 9:30 am. (The meeting in the above video took place on April 23, 2024.)
The Measure H: Citizens’ Oversight Advisory Board Meeting – takes place quarterly throughout the year. (The meeting in the above image took place on March 7, 2024.)
Board Hearing Room (381B), Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, Downtown L.A. – April 23, 2024
MARCH 2024
Participated in the local National Hispanic Pastors Alliance Meeting. This is the fastest-growing Hispanic Pastors organization in the nation. They work to represent, educate and equip leaders in the following areas: Religious Freedom, Family, Human Life & Dignity, Pastoral and Congregational Development, and Education.
Sunnyside Church, South Los Angeles, CA – March 23, 2024
Helped to celebrate the 4th Anniversary of the N.O.W. Church and the 34th Pastoral Anniversary of Two-Time U.S. Presidential Awardee, the Founder and Senior Teacher of the N.O.W. Church of California, the Founder of Provoked to Purpose Ministries, Executive Director of P2P Community Development Inc., and Co-Chair of the Department of Mental Health’s Salt 6 Leadership Team, Dr. Edward “Pastor E” Hamilton.
The N.O.W. Church of California, Long Beach, CA – March 17, 2024
Initiated and assisted in the collection of over 50 ballot signatures to allow local voters to consider continuing funding for thousands of services offered to those needing assistance throughout the Los Angeles County Area.
The church congregations who so ardently contributed to this cause today were Greater Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church and Calvary Resurrectional Missionary Baptist Church of Compton, Bel-Vue Community United Presbyterian Church of Watts, and the N.O.W. Church of California in Long Beach.
Compton, Watts, and Long Beach, CA – March 17, 2024
The 5th Episcopal District AME (African Methodist Episcopalian) Church Midyear Conference hosted by the First AME (FAME) Church of Los Angeles, with Bishop & Supervisor Fugh presiding. This was a season of praise, thanksgiving, and strengthening to continue their dedicated work for the Lord Jesus Christ.
It should be noted that the AME churches in Los Angeles lead the way in connecting their communities to available social services, with some of them conducting this outreach through strongly established community development centers.
Hilton LAX Hotel, Los Angeles – March 13, 2024
Canvassed the Entire South Figueroa Corridor and created a database of all churches, service agencies, and related businesses. This database has now been submitted to the LAPD Southeast Division Clergy Council. The project was conducted towards the advancement of an active collaborate between the local faith centers, secular businesses, and law enforcement agents to assist in bringing an end to the decades long stronghold of Human Trafficking that has continued to victimize the youth of our city for far too long
South Figueroa Corridor (Figueroa Street, between Gage Avenue & Imperial Highway), South Los Angeles – March 10, 2024
Participated in the Emergency Volunteer Ballot Blitz along with attendees from all SPA 6 service agencies. On this day, we worked to further ensure a sufficient collection of needed signatures in order to place a proposed replacement of Measure H (which is ending soon) before local voters.
HOPICS Crocker Offices, South Los Angeles – March 9, 2024
During our attendance at the LAPD Southeast Clergy Council’s Outdoor Coffee with a Cop event (held on the sidewalk in front of a 7-Eleven store notorious for being frequented by both victims and perpetrators of human trafficking along the South Figueroa Corridor), we had the opportunity to meet and assist a young man (whose face is hidden above to protect his privacy).
He had experienced financial hardship, which led to theft and subsequent incarceration. He was released from prison the day before and had spent his first night sleeping on the streets. He expected to do the same for his second night until he encountered us.
We were blessed to provide him with transportation to the nearby Council District 8 Homeless Navigation Center (CD 8 Nav Ctr), where he immediately gained access to fully enclosed showers, a complete laundromat, fresh clothing, secured storage for his belongings, and, most importantly, intake assistance for emergency housing, employment, trauma recovery, and other services. These resources will help guide him toward becoming a productive member of society, as love and care often do.
Hallelujah!
“But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” (1 John 3:17)
South Figueroa Corridor, South Los Angeles – March 6, 2024
FEBRUARY 2024
Community Listening Session where case managers, representatives, and those committed to supporting underserved populations came together to discuss and share insights on the growing issue of Latinx homelessness in our community.
HOPICS Crocker Offices, South Los Angeles – February 8, 2024
Participated in the Compton Farmer’s Market Art & Resource Fair, which was conducted in partnership with the Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County and District 1 Councilwoman Deidre Duhart.
This impactful public service event periodically takes place throughout the year in the rising City of Compton. It features arts & crafts, live music, housing and small business workshops, fresh produce, and other public services.
NHS Center for Sustainable Communities, Compton, CA – February, 3, 2024
JANUARY 2024
The 2024 Homeless Count was conducted throughout Los Angeles, including SPA 6 (Service Planning Area 6: South L.A., Compton, Lynwood, & Paramount). The results of the count confirmed that the number of people experiencing homelessness in L.A. County is continuing to decline.
The count was conducted by volunteers on January 25 – 27, 2024
The results were officially released by LAHSA on June 28, 2024
DECEMBER 2023
Supporting Ocean Gate Ministries’ Pastor David Manila’s Outreach to the Residents of the Dream Center Discipleship Program.
Ocean Gate Ministries (OCM) is dedicated to fostering growth and compassion through its diverse outreach programs. Their youth group promotes personal and intellectual development through workshops, teamwork, and community service, while their Food Distribution Program combats food insecurity in Los Angeles by providing 1,500 to 2,000 items monthly. They also support the homeless, assist seniors, and spread holiday cheer by providing meals and gifts. In their Men’s and Women’s Homes, they offer structured support, mentoring, and spiritual growth, empowering individuals on their path to positive transformation.
OCM, although based in the City of Hawthorne, shares the distribution of their resources with many of the churches in Compton, South L.A, and other neighboring communities.
Dream Center, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA – December 12, 2024
NOVEMBER 2023
A Typical Day of Strategic Initial Engagement With the Faith Community
Worshipping at Faithful St. Mark MBC in the South Figueroa Corridor -> Meeting with Pastor Kevin L. Palmer at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church at 82nd & Avalon -> Connecting at Faith In Christ Ministries on 45th & Western
South Los Angeles, CA – November 19, 2024
OCTOBER 2023
Partnered with the Los Angeles Police Department Southeast Clergy Council in a Community Walk & Talk to share valuable resources for assistance and improvement of those residing in the troubled South Los Angeles’ Figueroa Corridor.
This friendly neighborhood connection was followed by a lively Townhall Meeting held at Saint Augustine Baptist Church on 87th & Figueroa.
Figueroa Corridor, South Los Angeles, CA – October 26, 2023
SEPTEMBER 2023
Blessed to worship with the members of RLA (Restoration Los Angeles) Church, the largest Hispanic church in the city, and to meet and begin coordinating with their joyfully dedicated Senior Pastor, Rene Molina. Connected to this thriving ministry is RestoreLA-CDC, a growing Community Development Center through which social services are shared with the many local residents of West Adams and beyond.
Connection was also established with, English Ministry Pastor Rene Molina, Jr. who recommended a wonderful book entitled “Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success“. This well researched book “grounded in deep original research and made lively by moving personal accounts” is written by professors from both Stanford and Princeton University. With extensive undeniable data, this book proves that immigrants (past and present), in contradiction to certain political narratives, continue to increase the social and financial health of our nation.
RLA Church, West Adams, Los Angeles, CA – September 24, 2023
AUGUST 2023
Sponsored by Ministry2Ministers.com, the First Annual Pastors’ Inner City Roundtable for Christian Leaders Focused on the Unreached People Groups All Around Us, Right Here, Right Now!
30 Christian Leaders Assembled to Share Visions, Build Partnerships, and Break Bread Together. The Excitement in the Air Could Almost Be Touched as Dedicated Servants of the Lord Jesus Christ, Formerly Laboring Alone Found Themselves in the Midst of a Marching Movement That the Lord Has Already Begun!
Martin Luther King Jr. Public Health Convention Center, Border of Compton & South L.A., CA
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Provided active planning and support for this huge 3-block long event that was hosted by HOPIC (Homeless Outreach Integrated Care Systems), the lead agency for SPA 6 (Los Angeles County Service Planning Area #6: Compton, Lynwood, Paramount, and all of South L.A.).
Various collaborators worked together to make this year’s #SPA6 Homeless Connect Day a success. Services and resources were made available to support a wide scope of needs from physical, to mental, to spiritual. #HOPICS #HOPICSstrong #homelessservices
Three outdoor blocks on Broadway from Slauson to 56th Street, South Los Angeles, CA
Thursday, August 17, 2023
JULY 2023
Partnered With Calvary Resurrectional Missionary Baptist Church to Conduct a Well Attended Community Awareness Festival.
Along With an Abundance of Local Residents (from the surrounding Rosewood & Willowbrook neighborhoods of Compton) and Agency Leaders, Many Elected Officials and Their Staff Also Attended, Including 65th District Assemblyman Mike Gipson and Compton Mayor Emma Sharif. Channel 7 News, Who Featured the Event on Televison That Evening, Were Also Present.
Calvary Resurrectional Missionary Baptist Church, Compton, CA – July 22, 2023
JUNE 2023
Assisted in expanding and enhancing the Juneteenth Community Resource Fair hosted by Praise Sanctuary Ministries in the West Athens area of South L.A., which serves the city’s largest population of people impacted by homelessness.
Praise Sanctuary Church, West Athens, South Los Angeles, CA – June 19, 2023
MAY 2023
Delivered a guest presentation to 25 local faith leaders at the Los Angeles Police Department Clergy Police Advisory Board. We are grateful for the opportunity to connect these ministries with a wide array of resources, which can now be regularly distributed to their congregations and surrounding communities.
L.A. Southeast Division Police Station, South Los Angeles, CA
May 19, 2023
Participated in the 2023 Faith-Based Mental Health Conference, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.
This free event offered training and opportunities to explore how spiritual and mental health practices can be integrated to address critical issues such as addiction, homelessness, and rising suicide rates, particularly in communities of color throughout Los Angeles County.
L. A. Convention Center, Downtown Los Angeles, CA – May 23, 2023
APRIL 2023
Participated in the State of Black LA County Report Community Launch Event, hosted by Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell.
The event featured a panel discussion led by Capri Maddox, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department, with contributions from Senator Steven Bradford (35th District), Veronica Lewis (Executive Director of HOPICS), Joanna Jackson (President & CEO of the Weingart Foundation), and Dr. Tasha Dixon, M.D. Additional speakers included Compton Mayor Emma Sharif, Supervisor Holly Mitchell, and other key public officials.
Douglas F. Dollarhide Community Center, Compton, CA – April 8, 2023
MARCH 2023
In March 2023, the Faith Collaborative to End Homelessness (FCEH), with representation from elected officials, faith-based organizations, and LA County departments and agencies, hosted a Faith Summit, part of the process of developing a strategic plan for continued collaboration.
This First Annual Summit was attended by 300 faith and agency leaders. One of the many outcomes of this large gathering were the informative Faith-Based Survey Results, which were released during the month of May, 2023 by the L. A. County Homeless Initiative.
Lake Avenue Church, Pasadena, CA – March 9, 2023
FEBRUARY 2023
Their mission is simple. “to impact the lives of teens with the love of Christ”, and yes, by the grace of God… they are getting it done.
Having spent time in the midst of this fun-filled energetic work of God on two separate occassions, we have found it to be the most effective model of youth outreach. It is our prayer and our intention to help this way of reaching youth with youth to grow and be duplicated all across the inner cities of our nation.
Youth First, West Los Angeles, CA – February 2, 2023
JANUARY 2023
Assisted in leading the annual Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count for the SPA 6 Region (Service Planning Area 6: Compton, Lynwood, Paramount, and all of South L.A.). The primary base for this count was the Crocker Offices of HOPICS (Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care Systems), the lead agency for adult services in SPA 6. Support was also later provided for the Youth Count conducted by the CRCD (Coalition for Responsible Community Development).
The results of this countywide effort were released on June 29, 2023, and indicated increases between 2022 and 2023 in all geographic areas except one: SPA 6, which showed a decrease of 1,603 less people impacted by homelessness here in the areas of South Los Angeles, Compton, Lynwood and Paramount. Hallelujah! We will not quit!
The count was conducted by volunteers on January 24 – 26, 2023
The results were officially released by LAHSA on June 29, 2023
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