Cedar Monroe

PhD Student
Author
Organizer

Researching religion as a motivator for change.

Connecting ecology and spiritual and cultural practice.

Organizing to end poverty and unite the working class.

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Awards

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ABC Architect

About the Book

Trash: A Poor White Journey was published in March 2024. Part memoir, part analysis, it frames the reality of poverty among poor white people in the United States in larger context and calls for solidarity across race to end the capitalist system that is killing us all. 

Articles and Interviews

Tom Dispatch

Where Can We Live? The Homeless Crisis in America

September 8, 2024

Syndicated to The Nation and dozens of other progressive outlets

In 2019, a group of homeless folks were living on a deserted piece of land along the Chehalis River, a drainage basin that empties into Grays Harbor, an estuary of the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of the state of Washington.

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U.S. Catholic

To solve poverty in our country, let poor people take the lead

May 7, 2024

“They say we are trash people. White trash.” So begins the new book Trash: A Poor White Journey (Broadleaf), written by Cedar Monroe.

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Episcopal Divinity School

Interview with Cedar Monroe ’13 on their new book, Trash: A Poor White Journey

July 31, 2024

Episcopal Divinity School alum Cedar Monroe ’13 released their first book, Trash: A Poor White Journey in March 2024.

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