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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.
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 …
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 …
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...
Which Future Will You Choose? - OurFuture.org by People's Action
WEBMay 19, 2024 — SUPPORT OUR WORK. ESPAÑOL. This week, I was proud to stand with our allies in the Congressional Progressive Caucus to introduce their Progressive Proposition Agenda, a roadmap to expand and defend rights and freedoms for all, especially poor and working people.. The CPC’s plan addresses the concrete steps we must take together to rein in corporate greed, which drives the costs of housing ...
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 ...
When We Organize, We Win | OurFuture.org by People's Action
WEBNov 10, 2022 — Michigan People’s Campaign and People’s Action reached 216,369 voters through a combination of 847,945 texts, knocks and calls. This puts Michigan within distance of a governing trifecta - control of the governor’s office and both houses of state legislature. For more than three decades, Republicans have used their control over the ...
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 ...