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NOVEMBER 2024 NEWSLETTER

Just Gratitude

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Introduction

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Program Updates

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In Case You Missed It

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Introduction

It’s time to remind ourselves that when things are dark, it helps to think about what we’re grateful for. A few things on our list:

  • The clarity of our vision. Our North Star – to build a grassroots movement withthe power to abolish poverty – guides us to a solution to the economic inequality that undermines our democracy.
  • The courage of our colleagues. There are so many threats on the horizon, yet we are ready to defend our communities and fight for our vision of what this country can be.
  • Being in the fight with our grassroots partners, national allies, collaborators,organizers, activists, and supporters like you.

We’re sobered by the challenges we face, but proud of our work leading up to Election Day, work that readies us for the marathon ahead. While it’s now clear the infrastructure and movement required to defeat MAGA forces are not here yet, we’re committed to continuing to build them. Organizing is our tool to interrupt the isolating forces of racism, division, and hate; to make clear our shared experience of economic precarity; and to build the power to change it.

PROGRAM UPDATES

No Regrets

Linking Arms With National Allies

The progressive movement will need to show up as a united front in the fights ahead. Community Change is one of a core group of six national organizations that are coordinating advocacy and field efforts to center the needs of low-income people. Together with the Center for American Progress, Center for Law and Social Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Coalition on Human Needs, and National Women’s Law Center, we are convening dozens of additional groups to share information and coordinate on work to protect safety net programs, invest in family-supporting policies like the Child Tax Credit, and advocate for fair and progressive tax policies.

People’s Prom Disrupts Tax Prom

Wearing prom attire, crowns, and penguin suits, and handing out carnations with tags demanding the rich pay their fair share, activists from Community Change Action, Spaces in Action, and other groups held a People’s Prom on Nov. 21 to disrupt the “Tax Prom,” the annual fundraiser of the Tax Foundation, a major supporter of Trump’s tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and corporations, and an influence on Project 2025. Ahead of a major tax fight over the 2025 expiration of Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the Tax Foundation event was a black-tie opportunity for corporate elites to rub shoulders with members of Congress to ensure more tax cuts for the ultra-rich at the expense of working families. People’s Prom attendees gathered at the event venue to decry “trickle-down” tax policies that have impoverished our communities.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Before You Go

  • Community Change Action National Political DirectorGrecia Lima reminds us on MSNBC that we need to show – not tell – voters that economic progress is possible if we invest in programs like child care.
  • In More Than Milk Money, ChangeWire Fellow Pamela Covington describes the role child nutrition programs have played in her life, as a child and as a struggling parent.
  • Giving Tuesday is right around the corner on December 3rd! Please join us on the year’s biggest fundraising day and make a gift to Community Change or Community Change Action.

 

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