Center for Participatory Change is celebrating its 10th Anniversary!
Join us. Participate in our campaign:
10 Years, 10 Ways, 10 Reasons to Give
This year is a big year. It marks ten years of CPC connecting and supporting grassroots leaders, groups, and networks throughout Western North Carolina! We invite you to participate in this celebration, and to help us continue to build the social justice movement.
Ten Reasons to Give
Each ‘Reason’ represents individuals and groups impacted by CPC’s work. Check back to watch these stories unfold throughout 2010!
Strengthening Grassroots Groups
CPC has strengthened the capacity of more than 150 grassroots groups, ranging from an Appalachian crafts cooperative to African American youth programs and Cherokee cultural organizations.
Developing Leaders
Thousands of grassroots leaders from across WNC have turned to CPC for skill building, training, and support.
Improving Communities
These leaders and groups have created hundreds of projects to improve their communities, from food pantries to sidewalk construction, education programs to living wage advocacy, and dismantling racism to cultural preservation.
Developing Businesses
CPC has helped organize worker-owned businesses in six Western North Carolina counties, such as Opportunity Threads, a cut and sew textile cooperative started by skilled workers in a town where factories have closed down.
*Learn about a cleaning business also: Home Cleaning Professionals
Creating Jobs
CPC’s partner organizations have created more than 70 full and part time jobs, many of them in rural counties where good jobs are scarce.
Advocating for Justice
CPC has worked with our partners to make laws and policies more just and fair, including immigrant rights, workers’ rights, living wage policies, and equal access to higher education.
Sharing Resources
Rather than competing for resources, CPC makes small grants and collaborates in fundraising, which has put tens of thousands of dollars in the hands of grassroots organizations.
Pioneering Research
CPC is the first organization in the United States to study the importance of horizontal giving—the reciprocal exchange of material, emotional and spiritual assistance among friends, family and neighbors.
Living out our Values
CPC believes in honoring the dignity and gifts of all people, especially those whose voices have been silenced, and takes action both inside and outside of CPC to respect and include people of all races, languages, nationalities, genders, class backgrounds, ages, and sexual orientations.
Mobilizing Power
CPC connects Latino, African American, Cherokee, and White Appalachian community leaders with one another to build relationships and work together for racial, economic, and social justice.
Ten Ways to Give
Give of your time, support, creativity, money, and skills
CPC Anniversary Celebration
Check back for dates and details
*Let us know if you want to help with this celebration!
Ten people call ten people
Email Tami to volunteer for our six week calling campaign
Give by Mail
Donate through fundraising letters and newsletters
Ten Restaurants Donating 10%
Dine out at restaurants that are donating 10% of their daily proceeds to CPC
Raise $250 for CPC
Email us to be one of ten individuals or groups who volunteer their fundraising creativity
Donate $10 on Facebook
Support our cause, become a fan
‘Give Ten’
Make a donation at CPC’s events
Photography Exhibit and Event
Support a local artist while supporting CPC
*Details coming soon!
Ten Local Church Partnerships
Connect your faith community with social justice work around Western North Carolina
Monthly Donations
Sign up to donate $10 (or more!) a month