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...
This post was written by Marcos Contreras, a former member of our team. When my parents immigrated to the United States, they sought to give their children opportunities they did not have growing up in civil war-torn El Salvador. They sought to provide us an...
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...
While in Miami recently, I met several immigrants who moonlighted as Lyft drivers. Henry escaped extreme poverty and political corruption in Venezuela and came to the US on a work visa. He is a chef. His wife is a professor. They work multiple jobs, outside of their...
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...
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...
