Human Dignity
We advocate for people who are trying to rise above poverty but are treated poorly because of their economic status or personal traits. We should see our neighbors in need as we see ourselves and recognize their true identity–individuals with great worth and potential. We should treat every person with love and respect, regardless of his or her situation in life.
We seek to shape public policy that affirms every person’s human dignity so we all have the opportunity to reach our potential and flourish.
A Heart Full of Love . . . or Disdain?
What do you think when you see a person on the street or elsewhere who is wearing worn, outdated clothing and appears to be uneducated and poor? What we think about that person is a reflection of who we are, and, more importantly, it can affect the person we're...
A Strong Economy Isn’t Enough: 280,000 Utahns Live in Poverty and Need Help
Utah's economy is one of the best in the nation. State leaders rightly trumpet our success and rankings throughout the...
The Wheel of Fortune: Why Looking Down on the Poor and Disadvantaged Is a Bad Idea
Have you ever seen a person who is homeless taking refuge under a shade tree in the summer heat, with his sleeping bag...
How We Respond to the Homelessness Crisis in Salt Lake City Will Define Us
Board member Derek Miller recently wrote an op-ed for the Deseret News discussing the dire situation of hundreds of...
Romney’s Faith Should Move Him to a Humane Immigration Policy
CEO Paul Mero recently wrote an op-ed for the Salt Lake Tribune urging Senator Mitt Romney to use a human approach in addressing immigrants on the southern border of the United States. Here is an...
Five Steps to Build a Transcendant Political Culture in Utah
President and CEO Paul Mero recently published an op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune providing some basic steps for creating a transcendant political culture in Utah. Here are some excerpts: First, we...
Utah’s Senators Should Vote No on Ron Mortensen
CEO Paul Mero recently wrote an op-ed for the Salt Lake Tribune arguing that Pres. Trump's nomination to head the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) should not be affirmed by...
Civility and Noblesse Oblige
Civility hardly seems conceivable to many in our day, because they have forgotten the history of political and religious conflict that preceded the American founding and establishment of our...
At the Heart of Social and Political Disintegration Is the Plight of Our Poor
In a recent op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune, NGFF president and CEO Paul Mero makes the case that through a strategic focus on Utah's poor and needy we can create a transcendent political culture...
It’s Time to Fight Poverty the “Utah Way”
CEO Paul Mero wrote an op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune proposing a compact for poverty issues similar to the Utah Compact created for issues involving immigration. Mero suggests that the following...
Failure: The City of Draper, Utah
After more than three hours of listening to over 700 Draper residents protest his proposal to volunteer two Draper sites for a new homeless resource center, Mayor Troy Walker rescinded his offer...
The Dignity Gap
For some Americans, dignity isn’t a right so much as it’s a commodity. Or at least it is according to Arthur Brooks, the president of the American Enterprise Institute, who makes this argument in...
Flipping the Script on Poverty
President and CEO Paul Mero wrote an op-ed for the Deseret News explaining that we need to shift the way we see those who are in need and the way we assist them. Here is an excerpt: I contend that...
America’s War on Poverty
Paul Mero, president and CEO, recently wrote an op-ed for the Deseret News about our need to recognize the human dignity of those who are poor. Here are a couple of excerpts: [A]t the heart of...
Conservatives Must Lead the Fight for Welfare Reform
Paul Mero, president and CEO of Next Generation Freedom Fund, wrote an op-ed in the Deseret News explaining that trusted conservatives in Utah need to seek to influence debate in providing a new...
About Us
We are advocates for those who are poor and disadvantaged. Our mission is to lift every person in need to prosperity and self-reliance through sound public policy that affirms each person’s human dignity and allows for every opportunity to flourish. We work with all people of good will who share our vision.
We invite you to join us. . . .
