For questions or to sign up, please email serve@2ndsaturday.org. As you may know, Advocates for Community Transformation helps transform West Dallas through legal advocacy. They empower residents of those inner-city neighborhoods to “clean up” properties in their neighborhoods that have become crime-ridden or hazardous. Sometimes, at the end of the justice trail, problem properties need [...]

Our next Justice Dallas lunch featuring guest speaker Bill Holston.  Bill is the Executive Director of Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (HRI).  HRI is focused on promoting international human rights by serving local refugees and immigrants who have suffered human rights abuses. Driven by his faith in Christ, Bill has been handling pro bono [...]

SCRIPTURE: “He who began a good work in me is faithful to complete it.” (Philippians 1:6) Name:  Leah Boyd Age:  32 Occupation:  Attorney When did you come to know Christ as Lord and Savior?  I grew up on a farm in Kansas. I prayed the prayer of salvation when I was four years old, but [...]

ACT (Advocates for Community Transformation) in partnership with the Westmoreland Heights Neighborhood Association in West Dallas, is hosting a free will clinic on Saturday, November 5, 2011.  The Will Clinic will be open to any property owner who lives in the Westmoreland Heights neighborhood. Why? Hundreds of homes in West Dallas are currently vacant and [...]

This is one of the most exciting new things happening in West Dallas and we’d love for you to be part of the planning process… Read this letter from our friend Reid Porter, who leads Advocates for Community Transformation for more information: Friends, I wanted to invite you to join me in planning the second [...]

Please don’t forget to RSVP to next Tuesday’s Dallas Justice lunch.  I’m confident you’ll walk away encouraged after hearing about ACT’s wonderful work and successes over the past couple of years and Reid Porter’s journey from Dallas litigator to founding a local, Christ-focused non-profit. Date:                     Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Time:                     11:45am – 1:00pm Speaker:              Reid [...]

Grab a Burger at Mooyah today (5-9pm) and Support ACT!

ACT (Advocates for Community Transformation) from Reid Porter on Vimeo. The boarded up structure at 4020 Esmalda embodied the challenge facing many West Dallas neighborhoods: a forgotten home, neglected to the point of ruin that had become a safe harbor for drug dealers. Living in the same block were three families with young children. The [...]

As you head into the weekend, please take a moment to watch the attached video regarding God’s work in West Dallas through the inner-city justice ministry, Advocates for Community Transformation (ACT).  You’ll learn of another success story for the residents of West Dallas; however, you’ll also hear of how God’s grace transformed an initially adversarial situation into an [...]