New Orleans June 18, 1970 is on ACORN Canada and ACORN International calendars everywhere as Founder’s Day if you will. The day I drove into Little Rock from Boston via New Orleans to begin organizing ACORN. When you work every day to build something, one day follows another and each day now adds up to …
Month: June 2014
Protecting Bristol Bay and Putting Musicians in the Mix
http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wadesworldjune132014.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock Outside of Alaska the people who immediately know where Bristol Bay is located are preparing to compete on the “Jeopardy” television show or a National Geographic Society geo-quiz thing, but thanks to a building campaign we might all need to start learning the location. And, …
The Military Sees Grassroots Organizing in USA and Globally as a Threat
Little Rock We were just talking a couple of days ago about how Canada was now monitoring every grassroots protest through their vast country. Being “Debbie Downer,” I speculated that you can bet that the USA is all over that, too. Almost simultaneously, what do you know, the UK-based Guardian runs a story saying essentially, …