2011: DON’T LOOK BACK
WE’RE DEAD It looked like doomsday. The President of the United States, anxious to demonstrate toughness on the budget in his State of the Union Address, offered up just one domestic spending cut –...
View ArticleLVRC’s Annual “State of the Valley” Report Released: Alan Jennings Offers The...
On Wednesday, February 15, RenewLV and the Lehigh Valley Research Consortium teamed up to release LVRC’s annual “State of the Valley” report. The report offered a sobering assessment of the region...
View ArticleIt’s Time To “Save Our Homes”
The American Dream is in danger. The recession that began in 2008 has decimated Pennsylvania’s families and the communities in which they live. While the recession is, technically, over, the...
View ArticleTHE FRAY
CACLV has at any time an array of public policy initiatives. Sometimes we are fighting policy retreat that takes past gains away, sometimes we’re fighting to advance a progressive agenda. But we’re...
View ArticleUnited Way Forum on The State Budget: Alan Jennings Offers Comments on the...
The United Way held a forum on the state budget today. CACLV Executive Director Alan Jennings was one of the panelists who offered comments on the governor’s proposed budget. His comments are posted...
View Article2013 Annual Meeting – Alan Jennings’ Speech
On October 2, the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley held its Annual Meeting, with 200 people in attendance. The agency boasted its 2012-13 accomplishments, introduced four people whose...
View ArticleIMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trump Turns His Back on Low-Income Americans
Proposed Budget Would Shut Down CACLV Donald Trump’s first demonstration of his priorities through his proposed budget makes it very clear that the billionaire whose father set him up in business...
View ArticleMORTGAGE LENDING DISPARITY
Following are comments made by CACLV’s Alan Jennings at a press conference to discuss fair mortgage lending in this market. The press briefing took place on February 16, 2018. PRESS BRIEFING MORTGAGE...
View ArticleON BAILING OUT ON SOMETHING THAT WORKS
In 1989, Bill Dedman, a reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of articles that exposed distressing disparities in mortgage lending between households of...
View ArticleBITS AND PIECES
17 NOVEMBER 2018 OK, I get it that some folks might get bored with the opinion columns. So, as an antidote, here are some briefs on activity around the agency: 1,200 Homeowners Rescued From Foreclosure...
View ArticleCACLV SETS ITS AGENDA
Anti-Poverty Nonprofit Has Broad Agenda, Addressing Housing, Community Development and Helping Low-Income Find Their Voice The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley held its Annual Meeting...
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