Overview and Structure:

To win justice, PACT holds ‘direct action’ meetings, encouraging public officials to take
action and holding them accountable by using the power of organized communities. 
Once PACT members achieve victory on a campaign, leaders put in place a series of
checks and measures to ensure that progress is continuing to be made and ensuring
that officials remain accountable even after the original objective has been fulfilled.
Issues are identified through an extensive listening process through our congregations
and member organizations.

PACT is member driven at every level. Its board, which meets monthly, is made up
of two representatives from each congregation.  In addition, PACT has seven elected
officers who also serve on the board.  These individuals and the issues PACT address
are determined democratically by a vote at the annual assembly. This ensures that
PACT’s board is reflective of the diversity in Miami-Dade County, and also that its
leaders and Board members are internally accountable.

PACT’s member congregations are diverse in size, religious affiliation, and economic
backgrounds. Our campaigns focus on issues which affect low to moderate income people.

PACT is a member of the DART (Direct Action and Research Training) network of
congregation-based community organizations, which enables partnership with over
24 similar county-wide organizations throughout Florida and the United States.
Through DART, PACT is able to offer leaders in-depth training on a variety of issues
including leadership, relationship building and networking every year.

Empowerment Process:
Our organization works with community leaders to raise their own money by means
of an annual support drive. During the drive we have visits with corporations in the
community asking them to invest in our community. We also train our leaders on
researching and taking actions to implement their positive ideas.