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Voices of the Working Class, Working Poor and Poor

March 22, 2021 by Class Action 1 Comment

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. Creating a Solidarity Alternative: The Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity (CCDS) Ann Philbin, Executive Director of Class Action, speaks with Luz Zambrano, Liliana Avendaño, […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Building Economic Alternatives, Coops, Gender Class Intersections, Women and Class, Your Stories

August 29, 2022 by Class Action Leave a Comment

Dear Friends, Happy Spring! I am writing as we launch our Spring Appeal 2022. I hope you will consider supporting Class Action’s work for the coming year! Click here to donate. In 2022, we’ve been working to educate about class, build bridges across class, and bring the intersection of race and class more fully into […]

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Filed Under: A World Without Classism

Philanthropy and Nonprofit Equity Consultant 

May 4, 2022 by Class Action Leave a Comment

For Class Action’s Staffing the Mission Project Time commitment: Part-time contract for 8 to 16 hours a week, to be negotiated based on mutual needs. Compensation range: $35 to $50 an hour, depending on experience Timeframe: One-year contract, starting summer or fall 2022, with option to renew if mutually agreeable and if funding allows. Location: […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism

Damaging Dishonesty

July 26, 2021 by Betsy Leondar-Wright 1 Comment

I guess you could call me a liar.  Back when I had fundraising responsibilities at several small nonprofit organizations, I lied to foundations all the time.  I assumed, often correctly, that funders wanted to believe that their money would directly bring about specific program impacts, so I told them it would. That meant hiding some […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Classism in Diversity Work, Classism in Progressive Movement Groups, Classism in the Economy, Dismantlng Classism, Labor movement, Money, Women and Class Tagged With: low-wage jobs

Affordable Housing with Laura Kiesel

June 15, 2021 by Class Action 1 Comment

Laura Kiesel is a renter and advocate for affordable housing in Arlington, MA. In this video interview with Class Action’s Betsy Leondar-Wright, Laura talks about the reality of affordable housing and recent “articles,” also called bills or proposals, she’s brought forward to increase affordable housing in Arlington. Laura’s experience as a long-time renter provides invaluable insight for everyone across […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism

Got Netflix and a Coffee? Classist and Clueless New York Times Readers Chime In

June 30, 2020 by Nicole Braun 2 Comments

by Nicole Braun “How in the world can you have no savings? At one time in my life I made less than $20k a year and was still able to save 3 months of living expenses. True…the 4th month would’ve brought challenges but I was still able to save. People (especially the uneducated) live WAYYYY […]

Filed Under: Class in the Media, Clueless classism, Online Classism, Poverty

The Nonprofit Inferiority Complex and Why We Need to Lose It Now

May 4, 2020 by Jonathan Spack Leave a Comment

Here’s a thought exercise you can use to test yourself for the dreaded Nonprofit Inferiority Complex, the internalized idea that nonprofit work is inherently less valuable than other forms of wage labor. How do you feel about the following statements with respect to community-based nonprofits?  1 = strongly disagree; 2 = disagree; 3 = maybe; […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Classism, Classism in Diversity Work, Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in Progressive Movement Groups, Classism in social services, Classism in the Economy

Are You Asking the Right Questions?

April 13, 2020 by Jonathan Spack Leave a Comment

A crisis may not seem like the most convenient moment to take stock, but it can be an opportune one – if we take advantage of the opportunity.  U.S. society will be profoundly different post-pandemic. What that new order will look like is up for grabs. Nonprofits are positioned to lead the way to a […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Classism, Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in Politics, Classism in the Economy, Politics and Class

To Fellow Owning Class Progressives: Time to Step Up!

April 6, 2020 by Alan Preston 2 Comments

Last week, I drove up to my local hospital to drop off some extra masks that we had bought a couple years ago during peak wildfire season. As I handed them to the hospital administrator, he said “Thank you so much. Would you like a picture of yourself handing these to me?”  Seriously? This moment […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism

College Amplifies Advantages & Disadvantages

March 30, 2020 by Betsy Leondar-Wright Leave a Comment

Here’s some bad news for all of us who strive to get more working-class first-generation students into and through college: college is not an effective leveller. Class inequalities persist even among graduates of ‘good’ colleges. Expanding opportunities for higher education is ineffective if advantaged students graduate with even greater advantages, and if disadvantaged graduates still […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class in Higher Education, Classism, Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy, First Generation College Students, Internalized classism

COVID-19 and Class Inequalities

March 23, 2020 by Shane Lloyd Leave a Comment

The national conversation about coronavirus highlights existing conversations about enduring class inequities in the United States. Elite colleges and universities, in line with the CDC’s preventive measures for institutions of higher education, have opted to move instruction online and reduce the numbers of students in their residential buildings. The decision has placed a tremendous burden […]

Filed Under: Class and health, Class in The News, Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy, Dismantlng Classism, Global class, Health care access

Tips for Developing a Values-Based Compensation Structure

March 4, 2020 by Lyn Freundlich Leave a Comment

TSNE MissionWorks published the 2017 Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce compensation and benefits report which gathered data representing 171 positions from 342 organizations reporting on nearly 35,000 individual salaries. You’ll find the report a wealth of information to use in your review of your organization’s compensation practices. There is no single right way to develop compensation practices. […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Classism in the Economy, Dismantlng Classism, Workplace classism

Five Human Resources Tips for Valuing Your Nonprofit Staff

February 17, 2020 by Lyn Freundlich Leave a Comment

We know one of the things that keeps nonprofit managers awake at night is concerns about personnel. In the social sector, employees are an organization’s greatest asset. Nonprofit leaders naturally want to get that critical piece of their work right. But this can be particularly tricky in smaller organizations that don’t have a designated human […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Classism in the Economy, Dismantlng Classism, Philanthropy and Classism, Workplace classism

Thoughts on Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Kristoff and WuDunn

February 7, 2020 by Will Meyer Leave a Comment

An essay adapted from Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, the new book by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, appeared in the paper’s Sunday Review section on January 9th. Focusing on “deaths of despair” occurring in the Oregon county where Kristof has roots, the piece tries to square common tropes about how […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class in Literature, Class in the Media, Classism, Cultural capital, Dismantlng Classism

Noticing Inequalities: An Owning Class Student’s Journey to Class Awareness

January 31, 2020 by Class Action Leave a Comment

By Sophie Hatcher-Peters I grew up in North Carolina as a preacher’s kid. My maternal grandfather was a Presbyterian minister in the bible belt, and my mother is an ordained minister and religious studies professor. I was raised in a small, predominantly white Presbyterian church – I remember being a child, getting ready for church […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Classism, Classism in Everyday Life

Celebrating Survival: The Experience of Being Working Class During the Holidays

January 31, 2020 by Class Action Leave a Comment

By Anastasia Lynge Anyone who knows me well knows that the two most difficult days of the year for me are holidays – specifically Thanksgiving and Christmas. I typically spend these days hiding away in bed, watching bad TV, and sleeping until I can rest assured that I’ve made it through another round of winter […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Classism, Classism in Everyday Life

Listening For Change: How to explore aspects of class identity in therapy

June 12, 2019 by Chris Watkins Leave a Comment

Anyone who walks into my office is immediately searching for or noticing indicators of social identity. As a Korean therapist, I’m often tempted to think race is being centered however, it is not always clear which of my identities clients will focus on when they attend therapy. I have also had to make sense of […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism

Class Action Book Nook: The Privileged Poor

June 5, 2019 by Shane Lloyd Leave a Comment

Anthony Jack’s book Privileged Poor offers unique personal insight into the challenges faced by low income, first-generation college students at the nation’s most elite colleges and universities. Although many colleges will pat themselves on the back for the mere presence of these students, what they fail the realize is how much further they need to go in […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism

Crummy nonprofit jobs – and solutions

March 29, 2019 by Betsy Leondar-Wright 1 Comment

by Betsy Leondar-Wright Some of the worst pay I ever got was from progressive social justice organizations. No health benefits at one job; no raise for 4 years at another; once a salary so low I qualified for Food Stamps. In an irony of the nonprofit world, their external missions of equity and economic opportunity […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism

Untold Stories: Bringing Class into the Classroom

December 17, 2018 by Adj Marshall Leave a Comment

By: Adj Marshal and Betsy Leondar-Wright Students often respond with confusion to questions about social class—not surprising given the common assumption that the US is a “classless society.”  The fog surrounding class stratification makes it difficult to teach about economic inequality. Why is class so challenging to teach about? Compared with race or gender, class […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class in Higher Education, Classism, Classism in Higher Education, Classism in K-12 Education

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