Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Faith-based group pushes for reforms. December 13, 2012. The Detroit News. September 25, 2002.
  2. News: Smart Pushes Plan To Raise Tax If Vote Ok'd, Funding Could Nearly Double. https://archive.today/20130131163354/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1815135501.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+22,+2002&author=KATHLEEN+GRAY&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=SMART+PUSHES+PLAN+TO+RAISE+TAX+IF+VOTE+OK'D,+FUNDING+COULD+NEARLY+DOUBLE&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. December 13, 2012. Detroit Free Press. Apr 22, 2002. Kathleen Gray.
  3. News: Group Is Pushing For Transit Help Interfaith Coalition Calls On Engler To Aid Metro Detroit Workers. https://archive.today/20130131145135/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1809502831.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+27,+2000&author=JEFF+GERRITT&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=GROUP+IS+PUSHING+FOR+TRANSIT+HELP+INTERFAITH+COALITION+CALLS+ON+ENGLER+TO+AID+METRO+DETROIT+WORKERS&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. December 13, 2012. Detroit Free Press. September 27, 2000. Jeff Gerritt.
  4. News: Alining Detroit Bus System Has New Woe. https://archive.today/20130201000813/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1810808461.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+19,+2005&author=BILL+LAITNER&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=AILING+DETROIT+BUS+SYSTEM+HAS+NEW+WOE&pqatl=google. dead. February 1, 2013. December 13, 2012. Detroit Free Press. Jan 19, 2005. Bill Laitner.
  5. News: Group's petition for health care ends. December 13, 2012. Detroit News. June 28, 2008. Gary Heinlein.
  6. News: Immigrants' Fears Rise In Southwest Detroit. https://archive.today/20130131200246/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1766314921.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+10,+2006&author=NIRAJ+WARIKOO;+CECIL+ANGEL&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=IMMIGRANTS'+FEARS+RISE+IN+SOUTHWEST+DETROIT&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. December 13, 2012. Detroit Free Press. Jun 10, 2006. Niraj Warikoo. Cecil Angel.
  7. News: 100 protest deportations in Detroit. December 13, 2012. Detroit News. January 22, 2009. Santiago Esparza.
  8. Web site: Study finds Detroit food choices poor. December 13, 2012. United Press International. January 20, 2012.
  9. Web site: Regional Issue: Land Bank. July 29, 2008. MOSES. December 13, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120712155627/http://www.mosesmi.org//landbank.html. July 12, 2012.

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