Ahitara, New Zealand The backbone of ACORN are members and leaders and that’s true of any solid, power-building community organization, tenants’ union or workers association. It was great to see Mike Wood profiled on the front page of the Hamilton Spectator, the old blue-collar city in Ontario only hours away from Toronto. I want to …
Category: ACORN International
Citizen Diplomats, Citizen Reporters
New Orleans For the second year, we have interns visiting New Orleans from Eastern Europe in order to learn community organizing methodology. Last year we had a young woman from Sofia, Bulgaria. This year we will be hosting one woman from Albania and another woman from Bulgaria who is an anthropology professor and activist …
Interesting Questions from the Netroots Crowd
New Orleans Netroots has become a big event for the digerati, especially the subset involved in internet campaigning and the like. This year they held their annual confab in New Orleans. In August, believe me on this, the Morial Convention Center makes some deals to bring people into the city, and, thank goodness, they brought …