Faith And Action For Strength Together

Community participation: F.A.S.T. involved 1,445 community members in coming together to bring publicity to community problems. City of Dunedin and City of St Petersburg council members attended and made commitments to resolve problems related to water quality, flooding, and access to affordable housing.

Leadership development: F.A.S.T. trained 120 residents to become leaders by organizing members of their congregations into networks or systems of relationships, that work to improve the community. When large numbers of people are needed to address a specific community problem, these trained leaders actively engage their networks to participate in community action events. Leaders are also trained to reserach the root causes of community problems and work with the community to develop solutions.