Fines and fees associated with the carceral system set people up to fail. And if you can't pay, you can go back to prison. You are TOO POOR TO BE FREE. Help us break the cycle of poverty and incarceration. Visit https://t.co/baFyMHd76u to learn more #2poor2bfree#reentry
Community Spring and partners showed up in full force at today’s General Policy Meeting for our Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance. And it passed unanimously! Thank you Commissioners for voting in support. And thank you to all the justice-impacted people who created this.
Lindsay Kallman ’10 & Max Tipping opened @CommunitySpring in 2020 w/ a mission to “dismantle structural poverty & spur economic mobility at a grassroots level.” To that end, they employ people who are experiencing the very issues they are working to solve. https://t.co/qA3i52eGVb
#WhyIGiveGNV during the #TheAmazingGive? My heart will always go to @CommunitySpring because I have seen first hand how our work brings income and power to people who have been historically pushed to the fringes. We need to invest directly in people. https://t.co/FO30QTs1PX
Hear one of our current fellows, Julius Irving explain why cultivating community power through our fellowship is important. And please support our work by donating via #TheAmazingGive and/or by sharing this post! https://t.co/eZxWuXPE1o
Between just Kennedy Homes and Seminary Lane (see yesterday's tweet), Gainesville lost 225 deeply affordable units in the 2000s. It is no surprise that 20 years later we are still in an affordable housing crisis.
Between just Kennedy Homes and Seminary Lane (see yesterday's tweet), Gainesville lost 225 deeply affordable units in the 2000s. It is no surprise that 20 years later we are still in an affordable housing crisis.
Former inmates often face a rocky re-entry into the outside world. @JustIncomeGNV is looking at whether a basic income program could help shut the revolving door into the criminal justice system. Here is our @ScrippsNational story from Alachua County, FL. https://t.co/UBgXhOWImv
This piece by @legroff in @NewYorker has something for everyone. It’s gorgeous, it’s breathtaking, it’s brilliant. And also I freakin love bees - even as a minor role.
“When I squint back through time, I can see her again, this restless, ill-clothed, stringy-haired, half-starved girl who could not, for shyness, look a bookshop manager in the eye.” Listen to @legroff read her story from this week’s issue. https://t.co/53kEja79o2
In our most recent YouTube, our fellow Julius Irving emphasizes on the importance of #affordablehousing by sharing his story of #housinginstability while being a father, and reflects on the shame and trauma he experienced while being #Homeless. https://t.co/jQwp2CHJZm
Seven years ago I did a poetry reading at a high school in California. One student really stood out. Her name was Amanda Gorman.
A lot has changed since we first met, so me & @TheAmandaGorman sat down to talk about her work, her new book, & her new life. https://t.co/RBgTdju1Yx
Today is #GivingTuesday2021! Support our efforts to dismantle structural poverty and spur economic mobility. We hire people who have been impacted by poverty to organize around systemic issues that have perpetuated the cycle of poverty in their lives. https://t.co/qzfW4hLhD0
This #GivingTuesday2021 support the work of grassroots leaders and donate to Community Spring! Change starts from the ground up, and the people best equipped to make change are those impacted by the issues. https://t.co/qzfW4htGLs
The two pillars of our work at Community Spring are income and power: income to meet people's needs and power to reshape the systems that keep them down. Hear directly from Community Spring fellows about how we have impacted their lives. #GivingTuesday https://t.co/qzfW4htGLs
Our ED @likallman will be on this panel and our fellows will be at our booth answering questions about grassroots power in creating social change. Come through Gville!
Community Spring Fellow Lacorya Lynn unpacks their new campaign on #affordablehousing and discusses the fellows' personal connection to the issue in our most recent blog. https://t.co/uebf1IhjAT