As we navigate 2024, our commitment to the well-being of our community and environment has never been stronger. From enhancing housing conditions and tenant rights to safeguarding our natural surroundings, both our Executive Director and Board President share...

At the Center for Community Advocacy, we are dedicated to empowering individuals and communities to fight for their housing rights. Our housing organizers have been working tirelessly to improve living conditions, advocate for policies that ensure affordable housing,...

The Center for Community Advocacy's Big Idea Project has been accepted by the Monterey County Weekly's Monterey County Gives! Program to raise funds for local nonprofits. The Center for Community Advocacy (CCA) is an organization that was born to support and build...

Dear Community Members and Partners, As the Executive Director for the Center for Community Advocacy (CCA), I feel it is important that as an organization we address the current state of emergency faced by our country, state and community over the Coronavirus...

In 1992, farmworkers in the Salinas Valley were discovered living in squalid and unsafe conditions in lean-tos and caves, without running water, heat or toilet facilities. The discovery became national news, giving rise to such headlines as “Harvest of Despair”; the...

By Sabino Lopez, Interim Executive Director Literally defined, “promotoras” simply means "promoters.” They have also been called camp health aides, colonia health workers, lay health advisors, outreach workers, community health representatives, indigenous or village...