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  • Chapter Spotlight: Circles Upstate SC’s Big View Transportation Solutions

    describes CUSA and SHARE as natural partners for community change: “[SHARE’s] mission is to help end poverty and help those in poverty escape poverty, so it made for a really good match. “A good-paying job is one of the best ways to exit poverty,” Bruce says.

  • The Rise and Fall of Churches and Circles

    Circles “builds community to end poverty” by bringing together people who want to work to leave poverty Nationally, our chapters are generally reporting a struggle with recruiting volunteers to sustain their anti-poverty Circles ever and we must remain focused on our priority of walking alongside those who want to leave poverty As such, it can serve as a potential bridge for folks to re-engage with churches and spiritual communities

  • Seen and Heard

    That experience of enforced invisibility is the reality for millions of people who are experiencing poverty This is particularly true where poverty intersects with other forms of oppression, like racism and gender-based society, the U.S. majority worships self-expression and devalues careful listening, which perpetuates poverty As we engage one another in weekly ritual, we are building community to end poverty in all ways: social , of honoring another’s humanity that for so many people has been stripped away by the indignity of poverty

  • Conference Keynote Spotlight: Meet Mark Brewer

    and “How do we innovate and evolve into the next iteration of CUSA’s work building community to end poverty Nominated by Lynette Fields (executive director of Poverty Solutions Group) and Addie Hartnett (regional Register for the conference or learn more about cross-sector collaborations to end poverty on our blog

  • CIRCLES ROUNDUP: New & Good Highlights from Our Network

    Circles Utah Valley (Provo, UT) is one of 80+ chapters taking bold direct action to alleviate poverty Circles USA’s children’s programming advances a unique two-generation approach to poverty reduction. 

  • CUSA 2023 Videos Spotlight Cliff Effect and Weekly Meetings

    First of all,” Pelling says, “a huge thanks to Christina Williams [executive director of Innovative Poverty educate them about a widespread, crippling economic problem that is one of the biggest barriers to ending poverty

  • Visionary, Facilitator, or Practitioner?

    three roles of visionary, facilitator, and practitioner contribute to achieving the vision of ending poverty Learn more: Transformational Leadership: A Framework to End Poverty ~ By Scott C.

  • Meet Christy Vines, CUSA Board Member

    transformation; and I’m both proud and humbled to be a part of the CUSA mission of building community to end poverty the local, state and national levels to interrupt the systems that keep individuals and families in poverty

  • Now Seeking: Circle Leader Mini-Keynotes

    , and centering our 2023 Leadership Conference around the voices of those with lived experiences of poverty Share how the Circles experience has:  changed your knowledge or perspective of poverty/prosperity, 

  • Circles USA Partners with The Workers Circle to Support Chapter Civic Engagement and Advocacy

    The Workers Circle to support the systemic change needed to remove the barriers that keep people in poverty As we are “building community to end poverty,” it is important to strengthen our capacity for thoughtful Resources include: articles to read together, videos to watch together, poetry to discuss, and encouragement

  • Chapter Spotlight: Just One Year from Launch, Circles Allen County Expands Staff and Hits Milestone

    She will also collaborate with Chapter Director Mary Ann Ming to vision new solutions to multiple poverty In fact, “Mary Ann continues to be sought after for her advice on poverty alleviation from all corners watch our suite of short videos featuring real Circle Leaders and chapters building community to end poverty

  • Big View Innovations: A Conversation with Ana Hurley of Circles NWA

    is a community-driven program that works to increase upward mobility for individuals and families in poverty It's a program that our parent nonprofit and Circles host, Innovative Poverty Solutions , has launched on Circles NWA as a national “anchor chapter,” watch their YouTube video Building Community to End Poverty Apply to be a Circles NWA/Innovative Poverty Solutions VOIS Institute Fellow here . newsletters Click the   Give to Circles button  and help us celebrate 25+ years of building community to end poverty

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