Back in high school I received a great piece of advice: if you want to be successful in life, always set goals for your professional and personal life. I’ve found goal setting to be both clarifying and empowering because it sets a clear direction to work toward. These...
When I joined Center for Health Progress last fall, I started building out a community organizing department, which now includes two community organizers who are doing incredible, new work in Fort Morgan and Pueblo. Recently, our entire staff was given the opportunity...
Last month, President Trump announced that he would be ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that was put in place under President Obama in 2012. I’m not surprised, as it’s consistent with his many other attacks on immigrant rights—even...
On a recent trip to Swope Park in Kansas City, I had the opportunity to see my niece’s public debut during a Vietnamese dance performance at the Kansas City Ethnic Enrichment Festival. As I entered the park on a hot and humid Saturday, I was suddenly transported back...
This post was written by Vicente Martinez Ortega, a former member of our team. “It is not good enough to know why we are oppressed and by whom. We must join the struggle for what is right and just.” – Cesar E. Chávez As a second-generation community organizer from...
Gricelda Zamora, de trece años, era como muchos niños cuyos padres hablan el inglés limitado: ella era la intérprete para su familia. Cuando ella desarrolló un dolor abdominal severo, sus padres la llevaron al hospital. Desafortunadamente, Gricelda estaba demasiado...