New Orleans We had rented a 15-passenger van equipped with a 5-speed transmission, thankfully, and powered by diesel which actually meant that we were hardly able to climb the constant mountain ridges in Tegucigalpa and past that to Marcala where we were to visit our friends the women coffee growers of COMUCAP. We had stopped …
Category: ACORN International
Karla Lara, Valle de Angeles, and Informal Worker Unions
Tegucigalpa The highlight reel of this year’s annual meeting of ACORN International’s board and staff is rolling out now. The Mexican and San Pedro Sula delegation were on a morning bus Saturday for the journeys home. At 4 AM I saw off the first five from ACORN Canada heading for their 24 hour journey home. …
Death Threats, Web Attacks, and Organizing Reports
Tegucigalpa A critical feature to the annual international meeting of the ACORN International board and staff beginning last year in Lima and now with both excitement and trepidation is the reports from offices around the world on their progress. All of this is well and good, but we use Skype and our life blood is …