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We are CHANGE.  Based in Winston-Salem, NC, we are one of the 57 affiliates of the oldest and largest community organizing networks in the United States, The Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF).

CHANGE is committed to building a stronger community by developing relationships across racial, ethnic, economic, political, social, and religious lines.

CHANGE is not a movement, a protest group, a political action committee, or a service organization. We do not run programs, endorse candidates, or take government money.

But what we do is to cultivate the skill of our local leaders by identifying shared concerns and needs so that we may act together for the common good.

CHANGE: An Organization of Good Power

                  Today I say to this organization, the time is ripe and right to exercise our power.  There are very few organizations like us.  We (members) not only have power but our power is good power.   We (members) are not interested in power without goodness or goodness without power.  Today is a brilliant moment for this organization.  The light shines brightly and the path is clear for us to put into effect our good power.  CHANGE is an organization that is willing to grapple with the origins of evil, the sources of struggle against suffering, and the mysterious grounds of hope.  Because CHANGE is willing to see the wrong and call a spade a spade our power is good power.  Because CHANGE is willing to challenge the status quo and offer them a better option that reorients their lives for liberation--our power is good power. 

 This organization has the courage to describe what a beloved community can and should look like.  We (members) have the courage to put our faith in the impossible.  We (members) have the courage to say to all who have no voice we will speak until you find your voice.  We (members) are not too arrogant to reach across the table and gather new partners to join us in spreading our good power. 

Our president declared in his inaugural address that those in power will be judged by what they build not by what they destroy.  Let us leave here ready to use our moral capital and our good power to erect a more prosperous city, put together a more loving community, and build a safe and sacred place where all God’s children can, run and not get weary, walk and not faint, speak and be heard, go to school and learn, dream at night and rise to make it real in the morning, stand tall and know that greatness is not for some but for all.  This is our time; this is our brilliant moment to put in effect our good power! - Rev. Daryl Aaron (First Baptist Highland) - 1/24/09—Metro Council Retreat

Communities Helping All Neighbors Gain Empowerment

639 South Green St.

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Phone: (336) 721-1660, Fax: (336) 721-1225

Email: changeiaf@changeiaf.org

OFFICE HOURS: 8AM—4PM