New Orleans Landing back in Atlanta last night from Bogota all of us were on standby trying to get through the rain and get home were glued to CNN reports on the vote in Vermont, Ohio, and Texas. Obama extended his streak of victories with Vermont, and Clinton came back with a solid win …
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Blog 852: 300 Million
Bogota We finally all got to talk to each other. Shashi Bhushan and I met with the asian caucus that quickly became the india plus caucus as first one then another jumped in to speak. SEWA, the Self Employed Women’s Association, had an organizer and two leaders present. They claim 31,000 waste-picking members and three …
Border Clash
Bogota The second day of the Congress was better for all of us. We were able to escape the formal declarations and multiple presentations from dignitaries and sponsors, and finally settled into the Organizing Track. For hours we listened and learned intently from case studies given from Cairo, Egypt, our own ACORN-affiliated Harit Recyclers …