Boston Lew Finfer, the director of MCAN, the Massachusetts Community Action Network, the dean of community organizers in the Boston Area, was the last guest visiting with the ACORN Canada staff, and he honored the group with some interesting observations of what has changed and what has stayed the same in the work over the years, …
Category: ACORN International
Organizing “War” Stories Are Critical History
Boston Since the ACORN Canada Year End/Year Begin staff meeting was in Boston this year, we have taken advantage of the location to invite some of the old hands of organizing to share their stories and perspectives from decades of experience in the work. We started with Bill Pastreich and Mike Gallagher for a fascinating …
Middle Class, Walmart Lies, Too Big to Indict or Fail, Altruism, and Stress
New Orleans You wouldn’t believe it, if it weren’t true! Second Walmart Supplier Found in Bangladesh Fire Tragedy: Steven Greenhouse, NYT Scott Nova, executive director, of the Worker Rights Consortium, said the new documents raised additional questions about Walmart’s role at the factor. ‘If Walmart’s claim that they were the victim of one rouge supplier …