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  1. Race, class and the "American Dream"

    Click to view larger Alan Preston Shelly Cohen and Tracey “Katmondu” Williams both participated in a workshop that Real Change recently co-sponsored on the intersection of class and race. Both Shelly and Tracey were raised in middle-class families; both m ...

    November 4th, 2015 - Alan Preston

  2. Director's Corner: Alan Preston

    Click to view all images Alan Preston Shawn Wilson Photo by Martha Tesema It’s not every day that I get to spend an uninterrupted hour talking to a vendor. But whenever I do, I’m reminded of why I work at Real Change.  I gave Shawn a ride to a fundraising ...

    April 6th, 2016 - Alan Preston

  3. Director's Corner May 16, 2012

    Crossing class Click to view larger Real Change News May 16, 2012 Page 2 As Managing Director at Real Change, I share leadership with Founding Director Tim Harris. We’re both committed to building a movement for economic justice, despite coming from entir ...

    May 16th, 2012 - Alan Preston

  4. Director's Corner Jul 25, 2012

    Connecting economic justice with democracy Click to view larger Real Change News Jul 25, 2012 Page 2 The other night at dinner, my almost 21-year-old stepson questioned the existence of hegemonic forces, processes by which a dominant group in society exer ...

    July 25th, 2012 - Alan Preston

  5. Director's Corner Aug 29, 2012

    Does the 99-to-1 frame disregard race and poverty? Click to view larger Real Change News August 29, 2012 Page 2 On Sun., Aug. 19, eight people from diverse class backgrounds gathered at the main branch of Seattle Public Library to discuss Chuck Collins’s ...

    August 29th, 2012 - Alan Preston

  6. Director's Corner Sep 26, 2012

    18th Annual Breakfast Sharon Jones, one of our two 2012 Vendors of the Year, rises before dawn every day to sell Real Change outside Top Pot Doughnuts. Last week, on Sept. 20, speaking to a cheering crowd of more than 500 people who came to our 18th Annua ...

    September 26th, 2012 - Alan Preston

  7. Director's Corner Jan 2, 2013

    Thank you, Donors Click to view larger Real Change News January 2, 2013 Page 2 For an organization like Real Change that depends so heavily on individual, grassroots donations, it’s pretty scary to operate the whole year in a deficit and have our fiscal f ...

    January 2nd, 2013 - Alan Preston

  8. Director's Corner Feb 6, 2013

    Listening circles start this week While I was leading a vendor orientation last week, a returning vendor commented that he was coming back to sell Real Change because “last time I sold the paper, the connection to customers lifted me out of my depression. ...

    February 6th, 2013 - Alan Preston

  9. Director's Corner Mar 6, 2013

    The paper goes to $2 next month Click to view larger Real Change News March 6, 2013 Page 2 On April 3, Real Change will become the sixth street paper in North America to raise its price to $2. We’ve been batting the decision around for the last couple yea ...

    March 6th, 2013 - Alan Preston

  10. Director's Corner Apr 3, 2013

    Developing cross-class relationships Click to view larger Real Change News April 3, 2013 Page 2 After a recent Real Change Listening Circle we convened at Seattle University (SU), an older female participant described the essence of these experiences: “Pe ...

    April 3rd, 2013 - Alan Preston

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