What Oxfam is doing

In all its US work, Oxfam partners with local groups to tackle the fundamental causes of poverty and foster social change to alleviate it.

In the Southeast we are doing the following:

  • Organizing workers and building alliances across racial and gender lines
  • Launching campaigns to change employers' practices at all levels of the food supply chain
  • Negotiating with stakeholders to develop standards for corporate accountability
  • Working to change policies at the state and federal level that support immigrant and worker rights.

On the Gulf Coast, Oxfam's partners and staff are engaged in the following:

  • Immigrant and worker rights advocacy and enforcement at state and federal levels
  • Specialized case management and legal support
  • Efforts to reduce the risk of future disasters
  • Community organizing and campaigning
  • Women's leadership development and participation in the community.