Class Action’s Voices of the Working Class, Working Poor and Poor series seeks to raise the visibility of those most impacted by inequality and create access to their perspectives and experiences. Ann: Could you share your names and a bit about why you are involved with CCDS? Lili: My name is Liliana Avendaño, and I […]
About Class Action
Rachel Rybaczuk, Interim Executive Director
Rachel Rybaczuk is a first-generation American whose experience growing up poor in racially diverse neighborhoods was put in stark contrast to her first-gen college experience at a predominantly white liberal arts college where she realized race and class are some of the guiding forces of inequality. This experience catalyzed her dedication to economic and racial […]
Denise Moorehead, Blog Editor & Communications Consultant
Born into a lower middle class family, Denise was raised in Western Massachusetts as an only child for 11 years. Her parents, both “strivers” increased their educational and earning power in conjunction with opportunities previously unavailable to African-Americans thanks to the civil rights movement. They were able to offer Denise dance and instrument lessons, summer […]
Surviving Rape and then
Surviving the Burden of Class Bias
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Here Class Action’s Annie Hamilton writes about the benefit of not actually “seeing” rape survivors, so she and other people personing the telephone lines can be free of class and other bias as they support survivors. On the rape crisis hotline, I cannot see who I am talking to on the other […]
Pope Francis’ Call to Action
Paving a New Path for Economic Equality Last Thursday my heart swelled with pride as I listened to Pope Francis call the U.S. Congress to action against the extreme economic inequality in the United States and throughout the world. In his opening remarks, he reminded Congress of their larger mission to “defend and preserve the […]
