by Cherie Mortice, Dartanyan Brown | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured, Rural
Cherie Mortice and Dartanyan Brown are longtime members of Iowa Citizens For Community Action. They are voting for Bernie Sanders in tonight’s Iowa Caucus, and joined us to explain why, and share some of their favorite campaign moments. CHERIE: I think this...
by Chelsea Hoglen | Dec 4, 2019 | Blog, Featured, I Speak, Rural
Here in North Carolina, like many other rural areas around the country, reactionary forces have used trends like the decline of jobs, infrastructure, and public services to consolidate power, advance racist and misogynist narratives, and erode public confidence in the...
by Adrienne Evans | Nov 11, 2019 | Blog, Featured, I Speak, Organizing, Race, Rural, White Nationalism
People's Action congratulates Adrienne Evans, executive director of United Vision for Idaho, on receiving a 2020 Roddenberry Fellowship. The program, whose alumni include Alicia Garza, Michael White and Judith LeBlanc, seeks to empower activists to “think, question,...
by Gloria Oladipo | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Race, Rural, White Nationalism
Here is a hard truth: Police do not keep communities safe. This year alone has produced numerous stories of officers causing distress, damage, or death in communities they’re sworn to protect. As this epidemic worsens, communities need to find new ways to handle...
by Cherie Mortice | Aug 30, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health, I Speak, Rural
Last week I took over the lobby of the Master Builders of Iowa in Des Moines with 30 other members of Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement Action, the largest progressive organization in our state, with members in all of our 99 counties. Why, you might ask, did...
by Justin Vest | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog, Featured, I Speak, Immigration, Rural
Photo credit: Hometown Action / cc Last week, I dropped my kids off for their first day of school in our small Alabama town of not even 7,000 people. The kids were excited, but I was a nervous wreck. My kids - eight and eleven - are my heart and joy. Would they have...
