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Home Search Contact Us About the Partnership About Community Action Agencies Community Action Branding National Community Action Month Membership Job Line Policy Issues Links Contact Us Training Opportunities	Dialogue 2000: Leading America to Community Action Throughout 2000, the national network of Community Action Agencies (CAAs) engaged their communities in discussions about public policy issues and their impact upon low-income and working poor Americans. The goals of this ongoing national Dialogue are to raise the awareness of the American people about issues of poverty and the need to address them effectively, to give a voice to low-income people in the policy-making process, and to identify and mobilize the local, state, and national resources and opportunities that low-income individuals, families, and communities need to become more self-sufficient. The Dialogue in 2000 was a follow-up to the 1996 National Dialogue on Poverty (NDP) through which CAAs brought together more than 150,000 Americans in civil discussions about poverty and other important issues facing their communities. The 1996 NDP resulted in a clear mandate for action at the local, state, and national levels: To eliminate poverty and improve the quality of life in our communities, Americans need more well paying jobs with benefits and other supports necessary to raise a family. Since the 1996 Dialogue, the Community Action Partnership and CAAs have been working at the local, state, and national levels to encourage citizen involvement and civic actions to achieve a national policy that says: Everyone who can work should work. Those who do work should earn sufficient income to provide for their families’ basic needs. Those who are unable to work or who work but do not earn enough to provide for their families should be assisted by policies and programs to meet their basic needs and secure safe and decent housing. Through Dialogue on Poverty 2000: Leading America To Community Action, the Community Action network re-engaged Americans, especially poor people, with each other and the process of public policy development. The end result will be stronger communities and renewed commitment at all levels to address the still unsolved dilemma of poverty in the midst of plenty. The Community Action Partnership seeks active participation from Community Action Agencies, national organizations, and individual leaders who share a commitment to the Dialogue and the elimination of poverty. We will work with those groups and individuals to achieve the goals outlined in Community Action: An Agenda for Every American.  The Agenda includes policy recommendations and actions necessary to ensure that working Americans can meet their basic needs and secure safe, affordable housing. Community Action:  An Agenda for Every American Dialogue 2000 Town Hall Meeting Dialogue 2000 News releases Dialogue 2000 brochure in PDF format ASAE Award of Excellence 1996 National Dialogue on Poverty
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