ECCO is made up of faith communities from across the North Shore who have come together to build a powerful alliance, deeply rooted in the concerns and faith values of the community. We work together across denominational, racial, and class lines to ensure that all living on the North Shore have a quality of life, can live without fear, and have opportunities to grow and dream. As people of faith, we are lifting up a vision of a land of opportunity for all on the North Shore.
May 02, 2013
Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Lynn on May 1st calling for citizenship for 11 million, raising the minimum wage, and protecting domestic workers
April 25, 2013
Join ECCO and people of ALL backgrounds to celebrate Lynn's proud history as a home for immigrants and as a leader in the struggle for dignity, respect, and a living wage for workers. Let's carry forward the struggle!
April 21, 2013
600 people and faith leaders from different denominations got a "yes" to questions to Congressman John Tierney asking for his support on Immigration Reform Legislation.
April 18, 2013
A coalition of 30 churches and synagogues across the North Shore have pledged to work together using faith-based organizing to tackle nothing less than the issues that keep their laity awake at night.
On May 14th, ECCO’s Lynn Youth Organizing Network (LYON) met with Senator Thomas McGee at St. Stephen’s Church in Lynn to ask for his support as they work to secure 100 more jobs for Lynn teens by 2013.
The Lynn Item recently wrote a story ECCO's Lynn Youth Organizing Network, LYON. LYON is an innovative collaborative made up of representatives from St. Stephens Youth Group, Girls Inc., Lynn Community Health Center’s KAYA initiative, the Boys & Girls Club and The Food Project.
LYNN — The Essex County Community Organizations, a faith-based community organizing agency, is expanding its scope on the North Shore in an effort to create a large group of faith-based communities committed to tackling the economic and social issues confronting the area.
Nearly 50 Lynn teens from the Lynn Youth Organizing Project headed into Boston Thursday to ask officials at Fidelity Investments for a job.
On February 17th, 2012, ECCO hosted the Lynn Youth Kick-off Event that jumpstarted a larger youth movement in Lynn.
On January 25th, the Essex County Community Organization (ECCO) convened a gathering of 45 clergy from 38 congregations across the North Shore at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Peabody.
On December 1st ECCO hosted its 29th Annual Meeting and Potluck at Grace United Methodist Church in Lynn with over 80 people
Daniel Lesser has been a congregation based community organizer for over 3 years with United Interfaith Action in New Bedford. He started as ECCO's new Executive Director on September 1, 2011.
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