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Last updated on November 24, 2008

Real Change is a multi-faceted 501(c)3 non-profit that publishes a newspaper and mobilizes the public around poverty issues. We work to organize, educate, and build alliances to create solutions to homelessness and poverty, as well as provide a voice to poor people in our community.

Description:
Our programs help create the conditions necessary for homeless and very low-income people to have a real voice of their own. These conditions include a forum for the expression of their views and opportunities for self-help and self-advocacy (by publishing a newspaper that focuses on issues of poverty and is sold on the street by the homeless), and access to influential allies.

History:
Real Change is thirteen years old this year. Real Change newspaper has had several format changes in the years since it was started, and now, being the product of only a small number of staff and many volunteers, we have seen our newspaper circulation rise to 20,000 per issue. It has also borne a larger entity called the Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project, which organizes for change and provides a voice for hundreds of people in the poor and homeless community every year. Right now we have several RCHEP programs in addition to the newspaper, including a Homeless Speaker's Bureau, which arranges for homeless and formerly homeless people to speak to churches, schools, businesses and civic organizations about their person experiences with homelessness and poverty, and First Things First organizing project, which works to build a broad range of allies that can be mobilized in support of poverty issues in Seattle.

Contact person: Polly Jirkovsky, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (206) 374-2455

Address:

2129 Second Avenue Seattle, WA 98121 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.realchangenews.org

Directions:

We are located in the Belltown neighborhood of downtown Seattle, five blocks north of Pike Street, on Second Avenue between Blanchard and Lenora.   Nearest Bus Stop: 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 33, 35, 37, 39, 42, 56, 57, 81, 111, 113, 114, 136, 137, 143, 158, 159, 5 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	No
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	Yes
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	Yes

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