Outside of Frome, England We were all organizers. We adapted and made the best of it, and then got to work. And, the work went amazingly well! The combination of video and oral reports the night before meant that the day’s business could get right to the meat of the matter of sharing organizational …
Category: ACORN International
Retreat and then Attack from 42 Acres
Outside of Frome, England Once a year we try to bring as many of ACORN International’s organizing staff together as we can muster given the costs in time and travel. For years we would meet in Latin America somewhere: Mexico City, Quito, Lima, Tegucigalpa, and San Pedro Sula. As we have expanded in Europe, …
Getting an Education on Habitat for Humanity Houses
New Orleans In Vancouver recently I made a point about the overheated housing market there by noting that I had read that a Habitat for Humanity house had sold for $330,000, which to me seemed absurdly high from what I thought I understood about the sweat equity and low-cost building model for Habitat houses. Turned …