Economic Empowerment
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July 25, 2024
Our next Getting Ahead graduation is Aug. 1 at Central UMC in Monroe and YOU’RE INVITED!! Please join us for dinner and help us celebrate these hard-working neighbors who put in a lot of long hours assessing our community’s conditions and building resources to begin their own transitions out of […]
June 26, 2024
After Carl Blakeley was diagnosed with a terminal illness more than 2 years ago, he thought his life was over. He even contemplated suicide several times. “My work ceased. Everything about me ceased after that diagnosis,” he said. “I was struggling for a year with no money, no resources, all […]
May 31, 2024
When Tracy Kilgo heard about our Getting Ahead program while volunteering with our Great Turkey Countdown Thanksgiving deliveries, she was hesitant to admit that she desperately needed the help Common Heart could provide. “I was afraid to ask people for help. But every month I would find I barely had […]
May 10, 2024
Jay Mills, a retired Episcopal priest with a passion for helping our neighbors, is the man behind our soon-to-be men’s support group for Getting Ahead graduates. “I have a passion for helping people get out of poverty because it’s such a scourge on our community and it’s getting worse,” he […]