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My Journey From Rhyming in the Bronx to Journalism in Service of Progressive Movements

December 15, 2022

By Eileen Sepulveda and Catherine Killough

Writing in all its forms helped me with the fear of always being punished for using my voice.

A Tribute to the Anti-Poverty Activist and Writer Who Inspired Me To Tell My Own Stories

November 14, 2022

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

‘Nickel and Dimed’ author Barbara Ehrenreich, who died this year at age 81, helped humanize the struggles of poverty to the masses — and helped those with lived experience tell their stories.

Democrats Should Be Campaigning on a Permanent Expanded Child Tax Credit

September 22, 2022

By Dorian Warren

The 2021 credit expansion in the American Rescue Plan cut poverty for millions, according to a recent Census Bureau report. Unsurprisingly — it’s overwhelmingly popular with voters.

It’s Not Just Another Heat Wave

August 15, 2022

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

We need more policies that address our global climate emergency, especially for those in poverty who are at the highest risk of losing their lives.

An Inside-Outside Strategy is Key to Getting Our Economic Priorities Across the Finish Line

August 5, 2022

By Lilia Cherchari

Community Change reflects on lessons learned from engaging with grassroots organizers on the American Rescue Plan.

We are Wired for Change

July 24, 2019

By Cristina Rayas

Community Change’s Communications Fellows Program is a visionary approach to building power and leaders among our communities – the power to be the ones to tell their truths and be…

SNAP works and so should Congress

May 16, 2018

By Marcia Dinkins

WASHINGTON D.C.—  The Center for Community Change hosted a partners and leaders convening to discuss strategies and to develop collective actions opposing the harmful cuts proposed in the Farm Bill,…

How One Late Paycheck Messed Up My Life

December 4, 2017

By Sharisse Tracey

I know at a deep level that my family lived paycheck to paycheck. A check comes in. We pay our bills. We have no savings to speak of. But it…

Universal pre-K won’t solve poverty. Better jobs will.

December 4, 2017

By Wendi C. Thomas

Memphis council members promote politically safe investment in children while ignoring underpaid parents

Save SNAP

December 1, 2017

By Christen Hill

In two underserved DC communities, there are only three groceries stores to serve 148,000 people.

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