Washington Sometimes it is the little things that make a difference, and so it seemed on Thursday morning as Mary Howard, a long-time Louisiana member, dominated the front-page of the Washington Post with her red t-shirt and a phalanx of members marching behind her as the ACORN members from Katrina came from the Capitol to …
Month: February 2006
ACORN Survivors Hit Capital
Washington DC Typical of the Katrina experience, no one came to the 400 ACORN members in DC, the members went everywhere to find them. Organizers should make a note: it takes a long, long time to get 400 members through security metal detectors entering Congressional office buildings. Luckily, the weather was cold, but clear, and …
People of the Storm
New Orleans I dropped off my first passengers at 5:45 AM. Members were already on the porch on a coldish morning for New Orleans, waiting for the buses to show up and the ride to begin. At 7:45 when I came back there were two buses packed the gills and another dozen people waiting for …