New Orleans Something very surprising, and I think very important, is happening about attitudes about welfare. Finally! Unfortunately, it’s happening in the United Kingdom, rather than in the United States, but let’s take the wins where we find them, because there are lessons there that politicians and policy makers need to heed about the limits …
Category: ACORN International
Access for the People? Free Streaming and Smart Feature Phones
New Orleans There was a brief blurb that went across my screen the other day. ACORN Canada was taking another national action demanding “Internet for All” in the long running campaign we have waged to increase access to the internet for lower income families. We’ve made progress there. Way more than we have in …
Random Insights into Membership Loyalty and Leadership Development
New Orleans Milan was interesting, but Geneva, Switzerland, was an unexpected surprise. What we had thought was simply a waystation, a place to repack before flying out of the airport there, chosen solely on the advice of ACORN’s French affiliate that it might offer a cheaper roundtrip flight than Paris, turned out to be …