Lisa Owen, On Organizing in the Private Sector

You're organizing when you attend a Parent-Teacher Association, or a Neighborhood Association. That was really eye-opening about CDP. I’ve been doing these things all my life. Read More

ROC-United Calls for Strike on May 1st

From our partner group, ROC-United: Last month, 160 restaurant worker leaders of ROC gathered in Washington, DC and voted unanimously to join the millions going on general strike on May 1.  We call for a restaurant industry general strike.… Read More

146 CLP Students Take Fall 2016 Survey

A total of 146 students enrolled in CLP coursework at 6 separate colleges completed our Fall 2016 survey. Below is a sampling of some of our main findings: CLP Students are Low-Income, of Color, and Hope to Transfer to 4-Year… Read More

CLP Featured in YES! Magazine

This week, YES! Magazine ran an article, Where They Teach Students How to Revitalize Their Local Communities, which explores the work and impact of CLP in several sites across the network. The article, by journalist John Ortbal, opens with… Read More

Angelica Esquivel, on Building a Network Through Organizing

As a high school student, Angelica Esquivel didn’t think college was for her. Sure, it seemed prohibitively expensive. But mostly she figured the challenges to obtaining higher education as an undocumented student were insurmountable. “I wasn’t really ready,” Angelica admitted.… Read More

New Report On Student Homelessness Echoes CLP Findings

A report released this month by the Wisconsin HOPE Lab found that food and housing insecurity among community college students threatens their health, well-being, and academic achievements. The study, called “Hungry and Homeless in College,” echoes a similar survey conducted … Read More

The 2017 Wake-Up Call

READ: An article by Denise Fairchild, President of our national partner Emerald Cities Collaborative. Watch and sing along:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NfCZEmLJ1Y Wake up everybody no more sleepin’ in bed No more backward thinkin’ time for thinkin’ ahead The world has changed so… Read More

2016 Student Surveys are In!

Highlights of Findings from 2015-2016 CLP Student Surveys Over the past year, CLP surveyed close to 320 students enrolled in the core classes required by the CLP degree or certificate programs. Below is a sampling of our findings: CLP Students… Read More

We Must “Community” Our Way Forward

Hector Soto, a professor of criminal justice at Hostos Community College in the Bronx and a member of our Steering Committee, reflects on race, policing and the state of our democracy. In the wake of the tragic police killings of… Read More

Student Spotlight, Ashley Freitag, MCTC

Ashley Freitag, On Rising to New Leadership Challenges Ashley Freitag first came by her interest in social change work through an unlikely source—photography. “I enrolled at MCTC in the journalism program,” she explained. “I saw photo journalism as a way… Read More