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  • The Emerging Responsibility of Business

    We cannot reduce poverty rates without understanding where the economy is heading. We are making the argument that solving poverty is no longer just a humanitarian cause . Circles USA understands what it takes for people with backgrounds in poverty to make it in the workplace In communities with higher poverty rates than the norm, it can be difficult to attract new talent from People associate high poverty rates with more crime, weak schools, and aging infrastructure, among other

  • NEW! Announcing CUSA’s Big View Training Course

    Because removing the barriers that keep people in poverty is one of the primary goals of Circles, the participants key mindsets and practices for their Big View work—basically, everything chapters need to reduce poverty To learn more about Circles USA’s Big View work, check out our podcast: The Big View: Ending Poverty

  • Find Your Leadership Style

    While Circles is firmly rooted as an anti-poverty organization, we also  know that anti-poverty movement Meanwhile, limited resources and support can leave visionaries working overtime to manage the facilitators We also can be ready for the national spotlight in the anti-poverty arena with our new partnerships and perfect way, complementing each other’s leadership styles in our chapters as we build community to end poverty newsletters Click the   Give to Circles button  and help us celebrate 25+ years of building community to end poverty

  • Bread for the World Advocacy Summit, Pt. 1: Your Stories Matter…Even in DC

    relationships with their policymakers  and speak up regularly on the issues that impact those experiencing poverty We spoke up for the elderly, children, those with disabilities, vets, and people experiencing poverty People—especially the people of Circles USA— still have representative voices in DC…and allies in our fight to end poverty Click the   Give to Circles button  and help us celebrate 25+ years of building community to end poverty

  • Chapters Tackle the Cliff Effect, Pt. Two: Circles Salt Lake, UT

    teams across the US are tackling one of the most pressing obstacles for families working to escape poverty identifying the Cliff Effect as one of six key issues affecting people and communities experiencing poverty talk was moderated by Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton, who also chairs the county’s Poverty Participants—mainly single or separated parents who had seen their incomes rise from 0 to 90% or more of federal poverty

  • Circles Honors Volunteer Month: All-Star Volunteers, Pt. 3

    Our Circles volunteers are essential as we are building community to end poverty. Stan & Marrianne Slonina (Circles Scott County, KY) Nominated by Jennifer Lay, Transform Scott County Poverty It seems to have long-lasting effects in helping people lead themselves out of poverty. The article described the Circles model of building a community around people trying to climb out of poverty Circles USA button and help us celebrate 25 years of extraordinary volunteers building community to end poverty

  • CUSA Announces New National Partnership With the True Charity Network

    Consulting —all partners whose tools and practices have deepened our thinking and expanded our approach to poverty Network, our latest collaborator, is a national coalition of churches and nonprofits that serve people in poverty coalition, enriching True Charity’s toolkits with our own quarter-century-tested body of best practices for poverty

  • Circles Welcomes Five New Chapters

    Circles USA is a growing grassroots network that supports families to get out of poverty and removes 18 months achieve meaningful progress such as: 12.8% of Circle Leaders reaching 200% of the Federal Poverty

  • NEW! Circles Youth Talk Money, Happiness and More in Short Videos

    At Circles USA, we believe that people experiencing poverty are the most qualified to advocate for themselves—to newsletters Click the Give to Circles button and help us celebrate 25 years of building community to end poverty

  • Video Spotlight: What is Circles? | Circles USA

    Circles USA works across the nation at the local level to reduce poverty by building community. Over time, these relationships help families climb out of poverty and remove the barriers that kept them

  • Reimagining Labor on Labor Day

    low-income workers for advancing, to unaffordable childcare/housing/transportation/food, to the myth that poverty Join or support organizations  like Circles USA that are building grassroots movements to end poverty In Solidarity, Kamatara Johnson Executive Director, Circles USA Building Community to End Poverty in

  • CEO & Founder of CUSA will be Speaking at the National Conference in D.C.

    Miller, CEO & Founder of Circles USA will be speaking at A Wider Circle National Conference on Ending Poverty

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