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A.G. GancarskiMarch 28, 2017

It’s an interesting political week in Jacksonville. And on Tuesday, Mayor Lenny Curry discussed a potpourri of current topics. At Monday evening’s ICARE event, a consortium of local pastors upbraided Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry for not showing up to commit to a homeless day resource center. And on Tuesday evening, expectations from the city council were that Curry’s administration would introduce […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 28, 2017

The Jacksonville religious group ICARE has been pressuring Mayor Lenny Curry to bring back a homeless day center that was once in Jacksonville. However, already-fractious discussions between Curry and the clerics broke down last month, and he wasn’t to be at the Monday ICARE “Nehemiah Assembly.” Moreover, the city’s data suggests there are better ways to spend finite resources, […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2017

On Monday night, Jacksonville’s ICARE group has its yearly Nehemiah Assembly, at which local faith leaders will call for the reopening of a downtown homeless day resource center closed a couple of years back. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has received pressure to come through with money for this purpose, and as of last week, attending the Monday ICARE […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 23, 2017

Update: Curry will not attend the ICARE event. In 2015, the city of Jacksonville closed a downtown homeless day resource center opened during the Alvin Brown administration. As 2016 began, Mayor Lenny Curry was pressed to reopen the center. And after considerable prodding from ICARE organizers, he attended the group’s spring “Nehemiah Assembly.” The event was intended to serve […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 6, 2017

In 2016, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry had a fractious meeting with the religious consortium ICARE. One unresolved topic: a homeless day resource center. The previous mayoral administration had one in the budget, which offered services three days a week. Curry cut it. ICARE wanted reinstatement, and voiced its concerns. The mayor was focused on the pension tax […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 11, 2016

Monday night’s JAX ICARE multifaith “Nehemiah Assembly” on the Northside of Jacksonville was intended to serve as a Come to Jesus moment for Jacksonville public officials… especially Mayor Lenny Curry. However, it turned out to be a Come to Jesus moment for those who showed up to hear the mayor. The subject? The Pension Tax. […]

Melissa RossMarch 17, 2016

Pressing hard on issues ranging from homelessness to what to do about ex-offenders leaving prison, ICARE Jax, or the Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment, is unveiling its 2016 action plan this week at a major rally. “A new initiative we’ll talk about is that we want to engage a process to help more […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 15, 2016

A concerted letter writing and email campaign has flooded Mayor Lenny Curry’s office with hundreds and hundreds of messages, and it’s not about the HRO. And it got results. It was about the April 11 ICARE Nehemiah Assembly: a literal Come to Jesus moment for Jacksonville politicians, who are held to account for social issues […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 20, 2015

ICARE, the Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment, describes itself as a “diverse, multi-issue, organization of 40 member congregations representing over 30,000 Duval County residents.” On Monday night, three thousand people from these congregations, and others throughout the community, are going to pack the Potter’s House Church on Jacksonville’s Westside to discuss issues on […]

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A nice warm evening in Tallahassee on a very busy street while taking this shot.

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