Co-Founder
Todd Belcore - 2012

History

SOCIAL CHANGE  was founded in 2012 by Todd Belcore, and a childhood friend Emile Cambry Jr. – two idealistic young men with firsthand experience with poverty, racism, and systemic inequality. We wanted to “do something” about the inequality that surrounded us but became frustrated and tired of hearing people and organizations with no lived experience or deep ties and relationships within our communities tell our stories – while dictating how to do it and without taking into account the endemic and systemic systems and barriers intrinsically intertwined with its root causes.

Fed up, we decided to leverage our own life experiences to create a vehicle to address fundamental inequities and empower underserved communities – which simultaneously would be led by those same communities – including ourselves. At that moment, SOCIAL CHANGE was born.

Mission

At Social Change, we empower individuals and communities by providing direct services and driving policy change that addresses urgent needs, removes systemic barriers, and creates real pathways to self-sufficiency. Over the years, we have established a range of programs and initiatives to support these goals, from health clinics and legal assistance to free farmers markets and civic engagement efforts.

We are active in several states across the United States, which include Illinois (headquarters), California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.