San Jose We were nestled in a new age retreat center in the coastal mountains about equidistant between San Jose and San Francisco near the town of Woodside, which boasts way too many high-tech CEO’s nestled in the redwoods. Berrett-Koehler, the publisher of my first book, Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign for Working Families, is …
Month: September 2011
Obama Job Plan and the Challenge of Green Jobs
San Jose The President threw it up against the wall with a jobs plan that is kind of a plan and kind of a campaign statement and kind of a flying flag to see what the Republicans might salute. A lot of it seemed mainly designed to help employers who were hiring and people who …
TIGRA and Others in the fight for Remittance Justice
Oakland Western Union called us in Toronto to let us know that they are NOT ready to sit down directly and meet with ACORN International and its federated organizations. Hardly a surprise, but nonetheless a disappointment at the arrogance of entrenched financial services companies and their resistance to changing predatory practices. After my last blog …