Edinburgh In the wake of the Scottish independence vote a bit more than a year ago, a coalition came together that included ACORN Scotland, EPTAG – the Edinburgh Private Tenants’ Action Group, an ACORN affiliate, the Scottish Student Union and others to form what we called the Living Rent Campaign. The demands were not new, …
Category: ACORN International
Banks are Building “Credit Deserts” in Birmingham and Elsewhere
Edinburgh We have real deserts like Sahara, the Gobi, Mohave, or Chihuahuan in the world. We have food “deserts” in many lower income communities with little choice but mom-and-pops, corner stores, kiosks, and bodegas to serve millions. Now there’s increasing evidence that banks have been allowed to build “credit deserts” in many cities, and work …
Big Progress in Bristol
Bristol Oh, the difference a year makes in an organization’s progress! I could feel it almost immediately as we walked to the new office on the border of St. Paul’s, a neighborhood we are preparing to launch an organizing drive, and Easton, the community that has been our bastion of strength. Walking to the left …