"communities where safety is built through solidarity, care, and self-determination rather than through punishment and surveillance."
"Dream Defenders is one of those places where we are trying to organize to fight back against capitalism,"
"It is a direct connection to the hip-hop song of the nineties and the critique that Wu-Tang was making about how we are forced to hustle and prioritize getting access to resources in our community in a way for our mere survival,"
"We deserve more than to survive; we deserve to thrive."
Over 40 million Americans faced difficulty feeding themselves and their families when a fall 2025 government shutdown interrupted SNAP benefits, and record-high numbers struggle to afford rent. Frustration has grown as wealth concentrates and poverty deepens. Dream Defenders, a Black feminist-led civil rights group in Miami, advocates a new economic structure built on solidarity, care, and self-determination rather than punishment and surveillance. The group's C.R.E.A.M. campaign mixes Black culture and activism to offer a positive economic vision. C.R.E.A.M. stands for Class Ruins Everything Around Me and references the Wu-Tang phrase Cash Rules Everything Around Me. The campaign invites pledges for actions such as hosting conversations about capitalism and community organizing.
Read at Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
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