What If Fresno Were Not Fragmented? A Stroll Through the Core of the City
by Tom Sims
Recently, local religious congregations were treated to the following announcement from a local group of religious communities called “Faith in Community:”
"Do you believe that every life in our beloved city of Fresno matters? As people of faith, we know that all people are created in the image of God and that every life has inherent worth and dignity. We are facing some immense challenges - we have the nation's highest concentration of poverty, second-highest metropolitan poverty level overall in the country, a 20 year difference in the life expectancy between Southwest and Northeast Fresno, and 8 of California’s 10 riskiest, most toxic neighborhoods."
