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WEBwill keep you up to date. depends on your financial support. OurFuture and Progressive Breakfast are projects of People's Action. We elevate fresh voices from the front lines of change, sharing the perspectives of those directly affected by public policies. These are the voices we bring to the table, as we demand solutions.
We Are The Organizing Revival! | OurFuture.org by People's Action
WEB4 hours ago · This Midwest Organizing Revival, anchored by the Gamaliel Network, follows our national launch of the Organizing Revival at the People’s Action convention in Washington, D.C. last spring. It is the first of five regional gatherings which will culminate in a national gathering next year. Each regional gathering is anchored by one of the ...
About OurFuture.org | OurFuture.org by People's Action
WEBAbout OurFuture.org. OurFuture is a story-based project of People’s Action, a national network of grassroots groups. People’s Action has over a million members in thirty-two states committed to racial, gender and economic justice, putting people and planet first. We elevate fresh voices from the front lines of change, sharing the ...
How Deep Canvass Conversations Can Transform America
WEBSep 16, 2023 · Deep canvassing can unlock the power we have to transform our lives, our communities and our society when we come together across differences. This is what all good organizing is all about. Like Jill, we all have this “ah-ha” moment in our first deep canvass, as we learn how to engage in compassionate curiosity …
Keeping Our Eyes On The Prize | OurFuture.org by People's Action
WEBAug 5, 2022 · The author James Baldwin reminds us that not everything we face can be changed, but that if we are to change something, we must face it. This must always be the organizer’s answer: to move forward, with eyes and hearts open, yet without discouragement. An Organizing Revival calls us to both reckon with our …
Housing | OurFuture.org by People's Action
WEBMay 7, 2019 · Trump's Plan To Throw 55,000 Children Out Of Their Homes. by Rose Ramirez, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad | Jul 17, 2019. In 1968 — just a week after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination — Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, or FHA. The law secured everyone’s right to housing regardless of race, national origin, disability, familial ...
Democracy | OurFuture.org by People's Action
WEBOct 9, 2023 · The Time Is Now For A Just Transition. by Sophia Cheng | Oct 9, 2023. Fossil fuels are killing our planet and our communities. Michael Witten, who used to mine coal in West Virginia, has seen this up close, and that’s why he’s demanding change now. Witten worked in coal mines for more than eight years in West Virginia’s Boone County...
That Thing I Did With You, It Changed My Life
WEBJun 14, 2023 · These are the moments when we reflect and take action together. They give us a sense of who we are, what unites us, and our collective power. “That thing I did with you, it changed my life!”. I hear this often as I travel around the country meeting new people. I hear it from our directors, many of whom, like me, started out as member ...
The Genius of Stop-Sign Organizing | OurFuture.org by People's …
WEBMar 24, 2023 · An earlier generation learned to organize only around local goals, such as winning a stop sign for a dangerous intersection. We were taught these goals should be achievable, such as fixing a pothole or a broken streetlight, and should always come from the community. As one of the founders of National People’s Action, Shel Trapp, put it ...
Archive | OurFuture.org by People's Action
WEBMay 19, 2024 · How We Build a More Perfect Union. by Sulma Arias | Jun 23, 2024. by Aija Nemer-Aanerud |. “What is our goal in being here today?”. Mindy Salango from West Virginia Citizen Action Group asked the hundred protesters who took over the lobby of UnitedHealth Group (UHG)’s headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota on …
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