Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength

Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES) is an interfaith group based in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

MOSES was founded in 1997.[1] As of 2002, 130 congregations were participating in it.[2]

MOSES notably campaigned for improvements to public transportation.[2][3] It issued a lawsuit against the Detroit Department of Transportation in 2005 in protest against the lack of lifts for wheelchair users to access buses.[4]

Other subjects on which it has campaigned include healthcare,[5] civil rights of immigrants,[6][7] retail quality[8] and public safety. From 2001 it campaigned for land banks to take control of abandoned property, leading to the establishment of the Detroit land bank authority in 2008.[9]

MOSES is currently based in the Michigan Building in Downtown Detroit.

References
  1. "Faith-based group pushes for reforms". The Detroit News. September 25, 2002. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  2. Kathleen Gray (Apr 22, 2002). "Smart Pushes Plan To Raise Tax If Vote Ok'd, Funding Could Nearly Double". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  3. Jeff Gerritt (September 27, 2000). "Group Is Pushing For Transit Help Interfaith Coalition Calls On Engler To Aid Metro Detroit Workers". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  4. Bill Laitner (Jan 19, 2005). "Alining Detroit Bus System Has New Woe". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  5. Gary Heinlein (June 28, 2008). "Group's petition for health care ends". Detroit News. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  6. Niraj Warikoo; Cecil Angel (Jun 10, 2006). "Immigrants' Fears Rise In Southwest Detroit". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  7. Santiago Esparza (January 22, 2009). "100 protest deportations in Detroit". Detroit News. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  8. "Study finds Detroit food choices poor". United Press International. January 20, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  9. "Regional Issue: Land Bank". July 29, 2008. MOSES. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
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