Seoul, South Korea On the road one meeting leads to another. Sometimes one pushes forward with little but trust for the guide in this case the indefatigable Na and the stone-cold commitment to working a full day. I was coming to the end of the trail. We were going to meet with the Democratic Labor Party. …
Month: November 2006
Merging Organizer Training in East Asia
Seoul, South Korea Rev. Kim directs CONET — the Korean Community Organizing Information Network based in Seoul. Fides Bagasao had just arrived from the Philippines to transfer the headquarters of LOCOA — Leaders and Organizers of Community Organization in Asia — to Seoul and co-house with CONET. A merging of the forces and a meeting of the minds in …
A Hunger for Organizing?
Seoul, South Korea I’m as jaded and cynical as the next professional organizer, maybe more so, but I was impressed at the turnout at the Press Center on nothing more than the fact that some working organizer from the United States a “Wade Rathke” from ACORN — whatever that might be — was speaking on the simple …