Nairobi What an exciting time to follow breakthroughs in the United States! Today, there was a turning point in our organizing partnership with the United Federation of Teachers, when Governor Spitzer signed the executive order giving bargaining rights to 55,000 home day care workers marking a turning point after an extensive organizing campaign over the …
Author: wade
Diversion of Organization
Nairobi Eventually when organizers meet, no matter how well intended or polite the manners, the facts will hit the table hard and fast. Mark Splain and I met with several trainers of community organizers at the COPA-K offices, Peter Ng’aug’a and Abisai Mugara. Having been on the ground for a several days now, we …
Soweto East Upgrading
Nairobi When I was last in Kibera, I was able to convince myself that perhaps there were 300,000 people living here rather than the reported 1,000,000. Touching the elephant from a different direction, I have become more convinced that it is probably as large as advertised. There are different “villages” in Kibera: maybe 8, maybe …