One Class-One Cause: What’s in a name, Part 1
Without much discussion, we began to call our campaign “One Class-One Cause.” Besides having a certain ring to it, the name struck a deeper chord for the members of The Assembly to End Poverty who came together in Detroit in June to start us down this path. In a series of short essays—discussion papers, actually—we will reflect of the meaning of the name of the campaign and some of the reasons it struck that chord. This is the first in the series.

All action expresses theory. The more conscious we are of our theory, the more planful and powerful our actions will be. Our hope is that the organizers of the campaign will read and discuss these short essays to enrich, expand, and, when necessary, correct our collective understanding of the theories underlying our work.

Click here to read the full essay and see the discussion guide.

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What is a People's Movement Assembly?

A gathering of people to discuss and analyze our conditions, to come up with demands, commitments, and visions for how things could be different. The PMA is a facilitated space to decide and coordinate actions that will bring us closer to those visions. CLICK HERE to visit the People's Movement Assembly website.

The Assembly to End Poverty is a national-wide U.S. organization forming out of the poverty resolution created at the 2010 United States Social Forum (USSF) in Detroit and comprised of leaders from poverty groups across the nation.On June 22nd, 2010 more than 350 committed people gathered in the early morning at the USSF Poverty Summit to vision a U.S. without poverty and to begin to plan the steps to create that world.