Cedar Monroe

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

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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. 

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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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