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Discussion with AFL-CIO Solidarity Center in Nairobi Nairobi Our annual check-in with the AFL-CIO’s Nairobi based Solidarity Center working in various eastern African countries like Uganda and Tanzania in addition to Kenya underscored my belief that the future of organizing has to be among the growing numbers [...] Raising the ACORN flag in the office Nairobi The ACORN Kenya community organizers, Sammy Ndirangu and David Musungu, met Judy Duncan, head organizer of ACORN Canada, Drummond Pike formerly of Tides and now colleague at Paladin Partners, and me just outside of the Korogocho mega-slum at 350,000 people, the 2nd largest in Nairobi after [...] New Orleans I mentioned last week from Nairobi that one of the high points of the launch for ACORN Kenya involved a traditional ceremony where we planted trees to show that something new was being planted deeply, cared for seriously, and would grow strong over time. In our first crack at using a “flip [...] Nairobi If there’s public transportation in Nairobi, no one knows about it. There are matatus though by the hundreds. These are private mini-vans, jitney buses, and even larger buses that hog the roads and rule the roost. They seem to be semi-regulated, which means that in certain areas in downtown Nairobi a driver will [...] Nairobi It took more than an hour for the members to arrive for the official launch of ACORN Kenya in Korogocho, but once they were all in there were more than 200 and every time one of the speakers said, “ACORN!” the called response was “Mabadiliko Sasa!” meaning “Reform Now!” I fell in love with [...] Nairobi We hit the jitney early and made it a long day in the villages where we had been organizing. There were bases that needed to be touched with the Chief (a government appointee), the assistant chief, the ward manager for the City of Nairobi, and the Chair of the Highridge Village and Father John [...] Nairobi For hours in the morning, Sammy Ndirangu and David Musungu, ACORN Kenya’s organizers in Nairobi working in two villages in the Korogocho slum discussed their work and the issues that members were identifying around health care, education, and housing. In the afternoon we were joined by the chair of one of the groups, [...] |
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