Pittsburgh When people who care about something get together in an organization that they also care about, stand back and admire the creativity that starts to blossom. Of course there’s always ACORN swag which is almost a cottage industry in itself. There can’t be an ACORN convention without a convention t-shirt. I’m pretty sure that’s …
Category: ACORN International
Taking the Hard Road to Organizing Sustainability in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh The words “easy” and “right” are challenging concepts in community organizing, since all of it is hard and in each situation organizations have to make adaptations to find the right ways and means that work in a certain time and space. Nonetheless, inarguably there are some ways forward at a greater degree of difficulty …
ACORN at Forty-five Years and Counting
Montreal ACORN celebrates its anniversary or “founding day” every June 18th, the day I drove into Little Rock, Arkansas from New Orleans, Louisiana to begin the work of building the organization. People have often asked me, “did you ever imagine ACORN would get this big when you started” or “would be in this many places” …