Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
May 9, 2013
This Saturday, May 11, the letter carriers union will continue its 20-year tradition of service to the community and dedication to the alleviation of hunger. While delivering mail, letter carriers will collect bags of food for local food banks. For the past two decades the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) has organized the Stamp out Hunger initiative, collecting and distributing over one billion pounds of food. In San Diego, NALC Branch 70 collected over 500,000 pounds of donated...
May 10: Students for Economic Justice Happy Hour
April 30, 2013
Help us give a very special welcome to our 2013 class of Students for Economic Justice (SEJ). We are excited to announce that for the first time, we have expanded this valuable opportunity to eight incredible students from schools throughout San Diego. Through hands-on campaign experience, these students will develop the organizing skills necessary to become leaders in the social justice community. But with an expanded program, comes the need for additional funding to support the education and growth...
CPI in the community
CPI's research and policy lead Corinne Wilson and organizer Trinh Le have spent much of the year working with the Community Budget Alliance (CBA). Conducting over 50 workshops in a three-month time span CBA has helped mobilize residents to be better advocates for their neighborhoods. San Diego residents will join San Diego City Councilmembers on May 22 for the evening budget hearing.





