More than 1000 California ACORN members accompanied by allies from, faith based networks, the California teachers, SEIU, and many other unions and community groups marched in Sacramento to protest the devastating cuts of the Schwarzenegger budget. ACORN was serving notice on the “Gubenator” that we would not stand for government terrorism against our schools, communities, …
Month: June 2005
Santa Fe Supercenter
Santa Fe: An e-mail trail started with Jim Gollin from the Rain Forest Action Network and moved from a friend to a friend to a friend and an invitation to come visit with activists forming a coalition with serious questions about a Wal-Mart proposal to locate a nearly 150,000 square feet Supercenter in the City of …
Government Speech?
Rapid City, South Dakota: Barbara Bowen and I sitting in on a semi-annual meeting of the staff and leaders of the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) being held at the Historic Alex Johnson Hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota. I had not been in Rapid for at least 25 years. The beautiful park along the …