
It is time we decide the issues.
We are Down Home is organizing around issues that matter to you.
Our members decide what issues we work on in our communities and we work together to advocate for what working families need most in rural North Carolina. We host teach-ins, rallies, and other awareness events in our hometowns.

Housing
Due to corporate landlords, vacation rentals, and a lack of local investment, poor and working-class families in rural communities are struggling to find safe and affordable housing for our families. We are organizing to hold our local government accountable to our needs by advocating for policy and support for renters and low-income homeowners alike.

Economics
Because of policies that favor big corporations and the wealthy few, poor and working-class North Carolinians struggle to make ends meet. We are organizing to hold both our local government and big business accountable for providing living wages and real economic opportunity so we all can thrive.

Health Justice
Rural North Carolinians struggle to get the healthcare they need due to the divestment in local healthcare systems and consolidation of services, as well as political attacks on our ability to make decisions about our own bodies. We are organizing to make sure that everyone, regardless of race or zip code, has access to the care they need.

Public School
Most of us rely on our great local public schools to provide an education and safe learning environment for our children. We are organizing to support the full funding of public education and for an honest and accurate curriculum that serves all our children.

Environment
Everyone deserves a healthy, clean environment in which to raise our families. Greedy corporations and insufficient regulation have polluted our local environments, leaving a mess for local communities to clean up. We are organizing with our neighbors to hold polluters accountable and help poor and working-people access the resource they need to deal with climate change.
“If we can figure out solutions to healthcare, to
opioids, to giving people places to live, too making
sure there are jobs, then we could respect one another and love one another more. We are gonna
win no matter what as long as we stick together.”
Sam Wilds, Canton, NC – Down Home