Buenos Aires We had traveled almost an hour an a half when Yadira, the organizer for ACORN Argentina in La Matanza, waved us off the bus, and we began walking several kilometers until we came to a concrete walled drainage ditch that was once a river running along homes, farms, and industrial plants, but was …
Month: August 2011
Was there a DREAM versus Secure Communities Immigration Deal?
Buenos Aires I want to share how exciting it was to be with the organizing committee in the Isidor Casanova district of the mega-slum, La Matanza, yesterday as they planned their first major campaign to clean up the fouled, garbage laden dump that their river has become, but that will have to wait until …
Winning Garbage Pickup and Fighting for Lights in La Matanza
Sometimes the only way to really understand what we are accomplishing in our community organizing with ACORN International is to get squarely on the ground with the organizers and members and get to the heart of what is on their minds, their fights, and sometimes their victories. After a two hour ride from the Capitol …