Bengaluru Arriving at my lodging in Bengaluru after 2 AM in the morning holds some surprises. One is the emptiness and quiet of the streets, normally full of horns blaring and the constant jockeying of cars, motorcycles, carts, cows, and hapless pedestrians braving all. The other is how much is going on in the relative …
Category: ACORN International
Search Engines and Social Media Step Up for Disasters
New Orleans It’s hard to find any good news in disasters. The Nepal earthquake has already counted more than 4000 deaths with countless homeless and crises abounding will leave that country in recovery for years, particularly in Katmandu. India and Chinese rescue teams were first on the scene and many are joining, though slowly it …
Beat Goes on with Action NC
Charlotte Pat McCoy, the executive director of Action NC, and I visited with a class of students at Charlotte School of Law who were trying to learn the often delicate dance required of partnering with community organizations, offering stories and advice, even if perhaps not helpfully in some cases. More fruitfully, we talked about campaigns …