Member spotlight

What got you involved with CCI? What keeps you engaged/motivated? Who are you fighting for?

Bri Moss, Dubuque County

“Feeling alone in Dubuque and searching for like-minded folks, my partner and I stumbled upon an advertisement for CCI’s 2016 Summer Convention. Healthcare and workers’ rights are important issues to us, and we found the people doing the vital work in Iowa at CCI. Here we are, eight years later, still active, proud members.

All the issues we work on are important, but the issue of healthcare is particularly personal to me as a low-income type one diabetic. I experience firsthand the precarious situations into which people are forced due to the shortcomings of our for-profit health insurance system. 

I’m not only fighting for myself but for my loved ones, co-workers, and neighbors as well. Working at minimum-wage jobs, I witness our exploitation every single day. From blatant wage theft to all kinds of harassment, it is apparent that we can only win by coming together. Building deep relationships and harnessing our collective power inspires me to keep fighting. 

Being a part of this kind of grassroots action, empowering ourselves as well as our community members, is part of why I love our CCI family and the work we do. I stay engaged because WE are the ones we’ve been waiting for. CCI has shown me the power of the people and our family continues to grow that power across the state, community by community."