Rome With hustle and grit, David Tozzo, our intrepid volunteer organizer in Rome, had secured a free office for ACORN Italy in a community center of sorts called Case de la Quartier…the House of the Quarter. Most of our beginning work is in the 4th Quarter, the largest of the 19 quarters or districts with …
Category: ACORN International
Muovi Palermo: Bringing Change to the City
Palermo Over the last 18 months Mouvi Palermo or the Palermo Movement has been active in pushing forward on issues to that would create a separate citizen force for change in the civic affairs of Sicily’s largest city of almost 1 million people. It was exciting to meet with 15 of their leaders for a …
Finding Transcendent Issues in Sicily and Occupy NOLA
Palermo The Movimenti Civici di Sicilia or Civic Movement of Sicily had called together 40 of its key leaders and activists from throughout Sicily to participate in a workshop with me about strategy and tactics in building a more substantial movement for change city by city in Sicily. I drove with one of the leaders …