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Last year, the Shriver Center on Poverty Law reimagined justice to create a future free from poverty and racism.

Illinois became the first state in the nation to provide Medicaid-like coverage to low-income seniors over the age of 65. Today Illinois builds upon this legacy by expanding coverage to low-income adults ages 55 through 64.

Across the country, advocates for people living in poverty are working to ensure racial justice is a core part of their work.

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Millions of workers are struggling in the face of the COVID-19 crisis

I believe we can build a better future. And I know that advocacy can play a key role in removing obstacles to racial and economic justice.

Working across state lines to create collective, bold, and meaningful systems change.

Minimizing, sanitizing, or rejecting the existence of racism doesn’t make it vanish.

Medicaid played an important role as an essential source of health insurance for millions during the COVID pandemic.