Come to a Meeting!

We host community dialogues, poverty reflection forums, poverty/class simulations, race awareness workshops (RAW), and a program called Getting Ahead-Duluth. As part of our Community Engagement strategy, we also implement anti-racism workshops, forums, poverty education presentations, and monthly community meetings.

Join us as we mobilize to end poverty, develop rich relationships, and build community! Everyone is welcome!

Community Leadership Team

Third (3rd) Thursday of every month at 5:30-8:00 p.m.

Big View Meeting

Last Thursday of every month at 5:30-8:00 p.m.

All meetings are held at Peace Church – 1111 N. 11th Ave. E.

Dinner and childcare are provided!


Contact Xavier for more information.

xavier@communityactionduluth.org

(218) 726-1665

Community Engagement

Circles of Support has adopted a Community Engagement strategy to mobilize the wider community in eliminating barriers that keep people in poverty. We host community dialogues, poverty reflection forums, poverty/ class simulations, race awareness workshops (RAW), and we offer a program called Getting Ahead-Duluth. We also present anti-racism workshops, forums, and poverty education opportunities.

We have embarked on a one-year poverty awareness campaign called “Pucks Against Poverty.” Our goal is to engage more than 5,000 people in community art projects, community dialogues, and neighborhood outreach efforts that raise awareness of issues and barriers that face the working poor in Duluth.

Monthly Meetings

We host two monthly meetings that are open to the public: Community Leadership Team (CLT) and the Big View. These meetings are public forums designed to organize the community around issues that impact people with low incomes. Our strategy is twofold: 1) sharing personal stories and personal experiences of Participants with low incomes during CLT and 2) calling the community to action and social activism during Big View meetings.

Community Leadership Team (CLT) (all are welcome) is held the third (3rd) Thursday of every month (5:30-8:00 p.m.). Engage in lively, interactive dialogue about barriers faced by people low incomes. We highlight the experience and the systemic oppression of navigating through daily life. At CLT, you will build and strengthen relationships across social class, through community education and topical meeting discussions. 

In addition, CLT helps bridge social networks to support families with low incomes through creative assistance programming, social networking, and community education.

Big View (all are welcome) is held the last Thursday of every month (5:30-8:00 p.m.). Join a Community Action Solution Circle as we build community, heal divides, and organize to end poverty. During each Big View meeting, we outline strategies, tactics, and campaigns to address specific issues that were identified as issue areas by Participants with low incomes and their Allies. The issues fall within eight categories, with one group focusing on our public policy agenda:

1. Childcare
2. Education
3. Jobs/Wages
4. Transportation
5. Financial Literacy / Credit
6. Social Safety Net
7. Housing
8. Leadership - Public policy group focusing on the Ladders Out of Poverty bill and legislation

Please see Big View Issue Summary Page for issue updates.