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CPD and our affiliates are at the forefront of engaging the New Majority in our country. Our base-building model means we organize year-round on the issues communities of color, immigrants, and...
12/01/17
Civic Engagement
On November 9th, Dreamers and their allies took part in an inspiring action calling on Congress to pass a Clean DREAM Act to protect the 800,000 young immigrants impacted by Trump's repeal of...
12/01/17
When Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president in January, we knew he would try to act fast to undo many of President Obama’s policies and enact draconian ones instead. Anticipating a need for...
10/16/17
Civic Engagement
On August 17, over 200 Hoosiers packed Bloomington Indiana’’s First United Church for Hoosier Action’s “Confronting White Supremacy in Indiana” organizing meeting in response to the racist violence...
09/27/17
Justice Transformation
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Outraged, CPD affiliates sprang into action: organizing marches and...
09/27/17
Civic Engagement, Protecting Immigrant Communities
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." These words from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. echoed in our heads every day along the 118-mile trek from...
09/27/17
Justice Transformation
On Friday, September 22 a group of about 200 activists, led by high school students, took to the steps of the NYC Department of Education and marched to Manhattan Criminal Summons Court calling for...
09/27/17
Organizing for Education Justice, Justice Transformation
Yesterday morning, dozens of people from across the country showed up at GOP Senators’ homes chanting “kill the repeal, don’t kill us” ahead of a critical vote that afternoon to repeal the Affordable...
07/26/17
Civic Engagement
On June 29, Oregon became the first state to pass a statewide fair workweek law! The Oregon Fair Workweek bill passed the House with a 46-13 bipartisan vote and is headed to the Governor Kate Brown’s...
07/26/17
Restoring a Fair Workweek
Young people have often played significant roles in building and leading powerful social movements, protesting injustice and driving progressive and revolutionary social change. Today, more and more...
07/26/17
Civic Engagement, Organizing for Education Justice, Justice Transformation

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