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Dallas Area Interfaith (DAI) is a multi-ethnic, multi issue organization of 60 religious congregations in the Dallas metropolitan area. The purpose of DAI is to give ordinary citizens a structure through which they can negotiate effectively with the government and private institutions that affect their lives. DAI is the vehicle through which member congregations act in the interest of families and local communities, helping these congregations become an effective force for promoting faith values and democratic traditions. The organization draws its strength from its diversity. The member institutions cut across racial, denominational and economical lines. DAI is Hispanic, African American, Anglo and Asian; it is the only organization of its kind in Dallas engaged in public life. DAI's mission is to engage both public and elected officials in conversations and actions in order to bring about change. The main focus of the organization is to find and develop the talent of institutional leaders through a process of individual meetings, house meetings, research actions and assemblies designed to give local talent the public space to bring about systematic change within neighborhoods and communities. Past successes of the organization include:Leadership DevelopmentThe primary interest of DAI is recreating the relationships between communities, families and individuals, thus reweaving the social fabric of our civic life. Acting on issues serves as a focus for the building of leadership and public relationships. DAI, first and foremost, is a learning institution, a mini-University, where people learn the art of citizenship and civic culture; the art of building relationships that reach deeply into neighborhoods and that reach widely across the city and its diversity. Thousands of leaders have been trained by DAI.