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Changing our policies and attitudes about welfare requires both personal reflection and collective action.
On the personal side, for this month, think about what benefits you personally receive or don’t receive from federal, state or local governments. How does your list compare with that of other people you know or how the media covers welfare issues? How does despair about the government’s record over the last years in protecting public welfare affect how you think about addressing inequities?
And on the collective action side, talk to your family members, friends, colleagues and others about their vision of government welfare, and the public structures they’d like to see in place to end inequality. Check out Demos’ website and tools for examining how organizations you’re a part of talk about government programs .
And support the work of organizations working to address exaggerated corporate welfare - CLICK HERE to check out a list of the policies that need grassroots action, and then work with local or national groups doing it!
May 2008: Supporting Young Filmmakers
April 2008: Support Independent Presses
March 2008: The Make it Right Project
February 2008: Fair Pay Restoration Act
January 2008: Relieving World Wide Debt
December 2007: Living Simply
November 2007: Native American Initiatives
October 2007: Class and the Harvest
September 2007: the Cost of College
August 2007: Hurricane Katrina 2nd Anniversary
July 2007: Class and Leisure
June 2007: Class and the Commons
May 2007: Class and May Holidays
April 2007: Class And Food
March 2007: Class and Mental Health
February 2007: Class and Sports
December 2006: Class and Climate Change
November 2006: Class and The Military
October 2006: Class and Television
September 2006: Class and Higher Education
August 2006: The Immigration Debate
July 2006: Ethical Travel and Responsible Tourism
June 2006: Universal Health Care and Estate Tax Repeal
May 2006: Support Fair Trade
April 2006: Raise the Minimum Wage
March 2006: Challenge Class Bias in Tax Enforcement
February 2006: Demand that Big Businesses Pay their Fair Share of Health Care
January 2006: Continue Efforts to Stop the Classist Federal Spending Bill
December 2005: Stop the Classist Budget
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