Tenants & Neighbors
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Leading from “The Gut”: A Tenant Testimony
By: Deanna Nagle If I had a nickel for every time advocacy groups (that I needed help from) encouraged me to “show up” or “speak up and make my voice heard” at one event or another, I’d have had enough silver coins to roll up and pay market rent for a year. No lie. So Continue reading
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Transforming Personal Stories Into Collective Power: Miami Workers Center Honored with Local Organizing Award
Miami Workers Center is a frontline strategy and action center that builds power with working-class tenants, workers, women, and families in Miami-Dade County. Through leadership development and grassroots campaigns, they seek to transform their workplaces and neighborhoods to win the respect, rights, and resources we all deserve. Miami Workers Center led the successful grassroots organizing Continue reading
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Top Entrees for NLIHC’s 2016 Organizing Award
Stephen Glaude, Executive Director of CNHED, speaking at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum after winning the 2016 Organizing Award By Sarah Jemison, Housing Advocacy Organizer at NLIHC Across the country, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) organizational members are working to expand housing opportunity, empower residents, and increase the accessibility and affordability of Continue reading
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