Faith Action For All: All Animals, All Peoples, Our Whole Planet

05/18/2023

Important actions out of Connecticut, California, and DC to effectively bar SoLo Funds, which uses ‘tips’ and ‘donations’ to conceal triple-digit APRs, from facilitating unlicensed payday loans at rates that violate state rate caps.

"A tip is something that goes to a human being after good service, not a cost paid up front to a company to get a loan,” said Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center.

Consent orders target SoLo Funds platform offering loans as high as 511%-4,280% APR WASHINGTON – Advocates applauded new consent orders from California, Connecticut, and the District of Columbia that block the fintech payday loan website SoLo Funds from offering unlicensed payday loans that use .....

04/08/2023

03/19/2023

03/16/2023

Faith Action for All is a proud supporter of SB4, the Affordable Housing on Faith Lands Act (Weiner), which would simplify the process for building affordable housing on religious institutions and those of higher learning... a "no-brainer!"

03/12/2023

Catholics Concerned With Animals: Please Sign On!

414 signatures are still needed! Call on Vatican to stop any future association with circuses that use animals.

12/15/2022

Faith Action for All supports this effort, and we have signed onto this important petition. Please join us!

https://chng.it/FynX8RKcKW

40 signatures are still needed! Include the animal welfare issue in Laudato Si' Action Platform.

12/07/2022

We supported this ordinance in Pasadena years ago, attempted to pass it at the state level to no avail, now Los Angeles; let us pass this environment-saving measure forward to the entire state and, eventually, to the United States of America!

Businesses with more than 26 employees must comply with the ban beginning in April of next year, and smaller businesses have until April 2024.

10/25/2022

Southern California Edison and PG&E, the two biggest utility companies in CA, are encouraging consumers to SAVE MONEY by using less energy from 4-9pm, when the grid is most overused, so that we don't have outages and can later use more renewables. Want to save money? Make sure you are enrolled: www.powersaverrewards.org

Have a great day!

10/18/2022

So many partner organizations doing God's work to ensure that we are proper stewards of the planet. Thanks, Mahomed Akbar Khan, for your tireless efforts!

We asked Power Saver Rewards partner American Muslims for Sustainability what means to them. “Power Saver Rewards is a great incentive to save energy. Flex Alerts allows folks to play a role in reducing energy during critical hours" to help avoid preventable power outages.

10/01/2022