works toward economic justice, welfare rights and human rights by organizing, advocating for, educating, empowering and training low-income women. (SI) was founded by low-income students as a welfare rights project at the University of Massachusetts in the mid-1980’s, and quickly evolved into the welfare rights newspaper Survival News, still published regularly today. Formally incorporated in 1988
, SI soon expanded to include welfare office and campus organizing with a strong public education component. Locally and nationally, Survivors, Inc. is one of a very few social change organizations led by low-income women. We have maintained its grassroots base and our ability to support the increasingly powerful voices of low-income families. We have grown stronger through the years in its reputation as a leader in the welfare rights movement, locally, nationally and internationally.
