Nairobi What an exciting time to follow breakthroughs in the United States! Today, there was a turning point in our organizing partnership with the United Federation of Teachers, when Governor Spitzer signed the executive order giving bargaining rights to 55,000 home day care workers marking a turning point after an extensive organizing campaign over the …
Month: May 2007
Diversion of Organization
Nairobi Eventually when organizers meet, no matter how well intended or polite the manners, the facts will hit the table hard and fast. Mark Splain and I met with several trainers of community organizers at the COPA-K offices, Peter Ng’aug’a and Abisai Mugara. Having been on the ground for a several days now, we …
Soweto East Upgrading
Nairobi When I was last in Kibera, I was able to convince myself that perhaps there were 300,000 people living here rather than the reported 1,000,000. Touching the elephant from a different direction, I have become more convinced that it is probably as large as advertised. There are different “villages” in Kibera: maybe 8, maybe …