New York I awoke this morning to a pleasant surprise as I hustled to fly to Sicily. Sammy Ndirangu, one of our ACORN Kenya, organizers sent a half-dozen pictures of his first organizing committee meeting in the Highridge section of the Korogochu megaslum where we are launching the first two community organizations. There were 50 …
Month: June 2009
Global Action on Remittances
New Orleans On June 16th Community Organizations International (formerly ACORN International) embarked on our first “global action” as protesting the excessive and predatory costs of remittances and demanding reform. There was great excitement as the reports – and especially the pictures and news reports – came in first from Delhi and then Mumbai where demands …
Rinku and Colorlines
New Orleans Rinku Sen somehow had perfect timing. She happened to be in New Orleans as a board member for Restaurant Opportunities Center and its national operations, but as an author sharing the same publisher (www.bkconnection.com) and editor of Colorlines, she and I were having lunch on the day we sent Social Policy to press …