This year, Heartland expanded its services to Springfield, MO. We know that abuses of power in low-income affordable housing is more than just a “big city” issue; tenants all across MO deal with predatory landlords, unsafe housing, and a housing affordability crisis.  💥 LINK IN BIO TO DONATE

Through the Heartland Action Committee (HAC), we are embedding grassroots power into our own organization. The HAC places workers and tenants directly in the lead at Heartland, amplifying their voice and participation in our advocacy work.    💥 SUPPORT HAC. LINK IN BIO. 💥

🙌 MEET THE "HEARTLAND ACTION COMMITTEE" 🙌 Scores of tenants and workers represented by Heartland’s legal team are stepping into leadership roles. They are learning to organize, to advance their storytelling skills, and to build a democratic base at Heartland.   🔗 Donate: bit.ly/hcjf_donate

Bakar + Darian, former drivers for the IRIS micro-transit program in KC, have partnered w @moworkers.org + our legal team to file a class-action lawsuit against zTrip. They are demanding thousands of dollars of back pay in missing overtime wages and junk fees taken out of workers' checks.

JOIN OUR TEAM! DEFEND WORKER AND TENANT RIGHTS! ✊   While experience in these specific areas of litigation is not required for this position, applicant must have rich litigation experience, preferably ten+ years. Competitive pay and benefits. More info: bit.ly/hcjf_careers

🔥 SUPPORT WORKER POWER PROJECT. LINK IN BIO. 🔥 With your support, Heartland Center’s legal services are available to all low-wage workers, regardless of immigration status or type of employment. We will continue to enforce the rights of immigrant, gig economy, part-time, and full-time workers.

In honor of Giving Tuesday, WE HAVE SWAG. Every dollar goes to support low-wage workers and tenants as they fight for systemic change in the courtrooms and on the streets. 🔗 GET YOUR HOLIDAY SWAG TODAY. AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2025. LINK IN BIO.

🔥 SUPPORT HEARTLAND’S GIVING DRIVE. LINK IN BIO. 🔥 As it gets harder and harder to survive, workers are standing up for better wages. Heartland is addressing this crisis by hiring another bilingual attorney and a highly experienced litigation director.

💥 TENANT VICTORY: RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM. 💥 KJ successfully fought her eviction with Right To Counsel, a program that guarantees full-scope representation and covers all tenants facing eviction, regardless of income. Support RTC today: bit.ly/hcjf_donate (case sensitive).

Remembering Charlesetta Lockette-Johnson (1962 - 2025).   We are saddened to share the recent passing of Charlesetta Lockette, tenant leader and fierce advocate of her community.

🔥 SUPPORT HEARTLAND'S GIVING DRIVE. LINK IN BIO. 🔥  Since the passing of Right to Counsel legislation in 2022, Heartland has kept 93% of represented tenants in their homes. With the approaching winter, it is even more urgent to ensure our team is fully staffed.

This year, Heartland is expanding its reach by adding another attorney to our team. As more and more Americans lose employment and fall into crisis, we are stepping up our game. 🔗 Please support this work by making a donation today: bit.ly/hcjf_donate

🔥 With your support and participation, workers and tenants at Heartland have had an incredibly busy 2025. 🔥 When authoritarianism threatens workers and tenants, we must give it our all.   🔗 Join us in our mission by donating today: bit.ly/hcjf_donate (case sensitive)

Repost: @mojwjva.bsky.social  Tell Springfield City Council it’s time for fair play in Springfield at the link in @mojwjva.bsky.social  bio! #PeopleOverPACs #FairPlaySpringfield

Repost from @springfieldtenantsunite ‼️WE WON!‼️ Last night, City Council UNANIMOUSLY passed Springfield’s first rental licensing and inspection program, our Healthy Homes Guarantee pilot!

Please join us for Leonard Zeskind's Celebration of Life on Sunday, November 9, 2025 @ 2 PM at Congregation Beth Torah (Overland Park, KS). Scan QR code to register.

Why do working people rely heavily on food stamps? Because the multi-billion dollar industries they work for pay poverty wages. It's that simple.

repost from @moworkers.org  We honor Leonard’s legacy as we advance workers’ power on and off the job, beating back the billionaires and racists who seek to exploit and divide us. Both events are free, but space is limited. Scan the QR codes to register! 🤳

💥 HEARTLAND STAFF RECOGNIZED BY KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO KANSAS CITY REGION 💥 Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom is proud to have two nominees for Kauffman Foundation's "Uncommon Leader Impact Award:" Candace Ladd and John Michael Pipes.

💥 HEARTLAND STAFF RECOGNIZED BY KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO KANSAS CITY REGION 💥 Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom is proud to have two nominees for Kauffman Foundation's "Uncommon Leader Impact Award:" Candace Ladd and John Michael Pipes.

No Kings 2.0 Rally saw millions of Americans protest in a time of great reckoning. It is our civic duty to stand up against a corrupt government profiting off the pain of the people who make up the fabric of its society.

Last Friday, Stonegate Meadows tenants packed the courtroom and testified in an essential hearing to hold previous and current property managers accountable for inhabitable conditions.  Read KCTV5's article, written by Sarah Motter, to learn more: bit.ly/3IYuzpr

✊🏿 What: No Kings 2.0 Mass Rally to Protect and Advance Democracy ✊🏽 When: Saturday, October 18th - 2:00pm  ✊🏻 Where: Mill Creek Park - 4646 Mill Creek Parkway KCMO 64112 (near the horse fountain at Cleaver and Broadway) 🇺🇲 Who: WE THE PEOPLE

Former and current Stonegate tenants have teamed up with The Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom to fight for justice after experiencing collapsing ceilings, flooding, infestations, and more.

Roosevelt Price is a family man: he has a life partner, Michelle Williams, and 3 children. They love watching movies, playing board games, and cooking together. Price says, “In order to have a strong family, you have to have a strong home; a safe place where your family can actually be together.”

Charlesetta Lockett moved into Stonegate Meadows in 2018. She moved there to take care of and be close to Nathaniel Johnson, who would eventually become her life partner and husband. But, both of them had problems in their apartments.

💥 BREAKING 💥 Current and former residents of Stonegate Meadows Apartments speak after testifying in pivotal class action hearing. A win could lead to MAJOR improvements in a 366-unit affordable apartment complex located on the east side of Kansas City.

Yesterday, Springfield’s Rosewood-Cedarwood Tenant Union had their first hearing in their class-action lawsuit to keep their affordable housing and their communities intact!

repost from @moworkers.org and @standup_kc  Applications for the Movement Builders Bootcamp (Oct 11 and 12) closes THIS FRIDAY -- and they are nearing capacity! To apply, please visit bit.ly/mwcmovementbuilders

Please join us for Leonard Zeskind's Celebration of Life on Sunday, November 9, 2025 @ 2 PM at Congregation Beth Torah (Overland Park, KS). Scan QR code to register.

‼️ ACTION ALERT ‼️ Tomorrow, Saturday, Sept 27th from 10 am - 2 pm at Central Presbyterian Church (3501 Campbell, KCMO 64109), learn how to gather signatures and get the physical petitions to start gathering. 🔗 here: bit.ly/4mvHZqA (case sensitive) #MORedistricting #PeopleNotPoliticians #FairMapsMO

Today is the LAST DAY to buy tickets for our fall fundraiser ‼️ Can't wait to see you tomorrow the 25th from 6 - 9 PM at The Black Box in the West Bottoms! 🎟️ Buy your ticket here: bit.ly/HCJF2025

🤩 Check out this beautiful riso poster printed by @odditiesprints and designed by @thenewprogramme. This limited edition poster can be yours by attending our fall fundraiser this Thursday and donating at least $100! 🎟️ Buy your ticket here: bit.ly/HCJF2025

‼️ ACTION ALERT ‼️ GET TRAINED TO GATHER SIGNATURES ‼️  Tomorrow, Saturday, September 20th from 10 am - 12 pm at Central Presbyterian Church (3501 Campbell, KCMO 64109), learn how to gather signatures + get the physical petitions to start gathering. 🔗 here: http://bit.ly/4mokik0 (case sensitive)

Check out The Beacon KC's article, written by Ceilidh Kern, to learn more about Missouri's redistricting efforts: tr.ee/OlVxuO (case sensitive)

JOIN THE DEMOCRACY TEAM with @mojwjva.bsky.social to gather signatures to veto illegal gerrymandering, defend the initiative petitions process, and create accountability for the elected officials.   🔥 SIGN UP HERE: bit.ly/DemocracyMO (case sensitive) 🔥

🎉 We have exciting news - tickets for our annual block party are now on sale! Join us September 25, 2025 at the Black Box in the West Bottoms from 6 PM - 9 PM. 🎉 RSVP: bit.ly/HCJF2025 🎉 Save the date and bring your friends!

✊ DEFEND TENANTS' RIGHTS! JOIN THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL TEAM! ✊ ✊ Ready to apply? Email your resume (cover letter not required) to [email protected] by September 30, 2025.

‼️ ACTION ALERT ‼️ Join low-wage workers with Missouri Workers Center and community members across race and place this Labor Day — Monday, September 1 — to fight back against this unprecedented authoritarian power grab.  RSVP: https://secure.everyaction.com/EawCtzNqK02wj5k-OSUWnw2

Last weekend, we joined our amazing ally, Missouri Rural Crisis Center, for their 40th Anniversary conference. Uniting urban and rural communities across Missouri is the key to winning good jobs and housing for all-- and MRCC is a great partner in this effort!

✊ Who's got the power? We've got the power - Midwest Power! ✊ Join us to celebrate our annual block party on September 25, 2025 at the Black Box in the West Bottoms from 6 PM - 9 PM! 🔗 Link in bio to RSVP!

🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 In an unprecedented authoritarian move, President Trump is working with MO lawmakers to redraw our congressional districts, break up our communities, and silence our voices. Join us on Wednesday, Aug 20th in Kansas City to get organized to fight back! RSVP: bit.ly/fightbackKC

🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨 President Trump is calling on MO leg to redraw our congressional lines to silence our voices, break up our communities, and end American democracy as we know it.

🎉 Happy 90th birthday to Social Security! 🎉 According to the Economic Policy Institute, "Social Security is an extraordinarily valuable public program that is well run, strategically designed, eminently sustainable, and popular with the public."

Republicans care more about businesses prospering and keeping us in poverty than the will of the people. THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRACY. WE MUST ORGANIZE AND VOTE THEM OUT! THE PEOPLE HAVE POWER WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AND ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE!

What happens when an attorney and an organizer fighting against racism + for good jobs for all walk into a bar? 🤝 You get the Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom. 🤝

❌ HOUSING IS OUT OF REACH  ❌ The National Low Income Housing Coalition's 2025 Housing Wages are published, and Missouri ranks 39th.

Posted @withregram • @thekansascitystar Missouri Republicans are under pressure from President Donald Trump and a group of hard-right lawmakers to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts and tighten the GOP’s already firm grip on the state. Kansas City is the likely target.

HEARTLAND CENTER 🤝 LOW WAGE WORKER RIGHTS Listen to hear why class action lawsuits are powerful tools to help IRIS workers win their demands for overtime pay and proper worker classification. 🔗 in bio!

Posted @withregram • @airr_kc El pánico en nuestras comunidades está alerta. Sepa que estamos aquí con usted y que existen sistemas para ayudar a defender a nuestras comunidades del abuso de poder. Debemos permanecer organizados y seguir prácticas que ayuden a nuestra comunidad.