New Orleans ACORN International is hard at work right now on pulling together all of the pieces and pressure on our Remittance Justice Campaign (www.remittancejustice.org) as we try to tighten the screws on banks and money transfer organizations, but we are keeping our eyes open on our next campaign around microfinance. Melanie Craxton, a student …
Category: ACORN International
Head Scratching over Water Issues in San Pedro and Neza
San Miguel de Allende In San Pedro de Martir close to the edge of the Districto Federal with signs indicating we were within 50 kilometers of Cuernavaca, one of the big issues was a polluted creek contaminating the area and the water supply. Nearby companies claiming to have permits for the dumping had created a …
Workers and Expats Both Hungry for News and Change
San Miguel de Allede The two groups that assembled to hear me speak about Citizen Wealth and ACORN International’s organizing and campaigns at the Workers University of Mexico (Universidad Obrera de Mexico) less than a kilometer from the Zocalo in Mexico City and then last night in the patio of the Center for Global Justice …