VOICE Annual Report 2012 | Page 2

Who is VOICE? Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement VOICE believes that people working together have the power to change their communities and their country for the better. Drawing on the proven power of person-to-person organizing, our work transforms communities and builds the local power necessary to create local, regional, and national change. VOICE is a non-partisan broad-based organization of almost 50 faith congregations and community organizations. Christian, Jewish and Muslim, new immigrants and longtime citizens, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, we are over 125,000 strong in Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax County and the Prince William area. We take action on community issues impacting low and moderate income families like decent and affordable housing, access to health care, and immigrant rights. We are Northern Virginians who love our region and our commonwealth. We seek to usher in a New Dominion of Justice and Participation. VOICE is affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), the nation’s first and largest network of multi-faith citizen organizations, which has seven decades of experience winning tough battles on housing, health care, education, and other issues across the nation. VOICE works most closely with Metro IAF affiliates in the East, Midwest and Southeast. www.industrialareasfoundation.org www.metro-iaf.org 2