Community Voices Heard

Community Voices Heard (CVH) is a Black and brown-led, power-building organization committed to fighting for dignity for people with low incomes and all New Yorkers. Guided by members, we center women’s voices and create unity to win financial security, a fully participatory democracy, and truly affordable homes for every New Yorker. CVH leads community organizing across the state because we will only achieve an equitable New York when we organize and fight together.

For more information, go to cvhaction.org.

We are working to build a society in which governing systems foster racial, social, and economic justice instead of exploitation – particularly for low-income people of color.

We seek a society in which all people – regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender expression, sexual identity, citizen status, primary language, and ability – are treated with mutual respect, and in which privileges of one group do not exist.

We seek a society in which all people are able to work with dignity, have access to a sustainable quality of life, and can obtain unconditional support in their time of need.

We seek a society in which governmental structures are transparent and based on community needs.

We seek a society in which policies address the needs of all people and strengthen our communities.

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We believe in a society where “experts” do not have all the answers but rather a society in which the people most directly affected are the ones making the decisions.