My Journey From Rhyming in the Bronx to Journalism in Service of Progressive Movements
Writing in all its forms helped me with the fear of always being punished for using my voice.
Tag: poverty
A Tribute to the Anti-Poverty Activist and Writer Who Inspired Me To Tell My Own Stories
‘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
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
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
Community Change reflects on lessons learned from engaging with grassroots organizers on the American Rescue Plan.
We are Wired for Change
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
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
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.
Memphis council members promote politically safe investment in children while ignoring underpaid parents
Save SNAP
In two underserved DC communities, there are only three groceries stores to serve 148,000 people.