PhD Student
Researching religion as a motivator for change.
Author
Connecting ecology and spiritual and cultural practice.
Organizer
Organizing to end poverty and unite the working class.
About my 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
UCC researchers to explore Indigenous rights at Mary Robinson Climate Conference
May 22, 2025
The landmark event will bring together global leaders, scientists, activists, and policymakers to address the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
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.
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.