It was interesting to be in a position where I got to know people through cleaning their houses, but I became disenchanted. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
It's unreasonable to expect people who scrape to get by to have emergency savings. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I have a lot in common with most Trump supporters. I'm white, I live in a rural area that is predominantly white… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
You need to listen to people in your own communities and you especially need to listen to people of color. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
This resounding cry of 'welfare to work' enrages me because something like 75% or 80% of people who are on government assistance… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
We need to look marginalized people in our community in the eye and listen to their stories of struggle, heartache and impossibility. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
We don't like to listen to people who are still angry, who are still in poverty, especially people of color. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Most people don't see themselves as sitting on that bottom rung as a defense mechanism. The more they blame poor people for… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I think people are fed up with struggling to make ends meet. It's so easy to find yourself in a position of… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
It shouldn't take a pandemic for us to take notice that millions of people can't afford a single sick day. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Over the years, as I lived in low-income housing, collected government assistance, and lived well under the poverty level as I put… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I expected college to feel like a major accomplishment. I walked across the stage, eight months pregnant with my almost seven-year-old daughter watching in… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I signed my first book contract without paying much attention to what it said. I didn't know at the time that the book would… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
My family, for generations, has struggled through the effects of working blue-collar jobs long past the age of retirement. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I've seen, and experienced, the anxiety of not being able to find work for months on end. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Remember The Nothing? It was a gigantic, black storm from 'The Neverending Story' that fed on fear and doubt and sadness and hate and… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
There is no planning in a life of fighting to keep a roof over your head. It's pure survival. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
We need leaders who are able to vividly remember how it feels to experience hardship, trauma and pain, who make us feel less alone. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I see my self-identity in the same way I see most things: a list, in greatest to least importance. I've found I can't use… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
As a mom raising two kids on my own, my life requires a certain kind of constant juggling that is hard to keep on… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Tinder makes it obvious that I'm not alone in being single and that there are plenty of single parents looking for a partner. A… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
