Banksa Bystrica Having listened carefully to the presentation on the work of the central Slovakian coalition, Together There is More of Us, I was especially curious about the workshop led by Melody Lopez, executive director of the New York Civic Engagement Table, whose work seems largely to be creating, servicing, and directing coalitions of all …
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“Together There is More of Us” – A Winning Campaign in Slovakia
Banska Bystrica We heard an interesting presentation by Martina Strmeňová, one of the CKO or Center for Community Organizing staff, at their headquarters in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. It’s not a model, and many might have done it differently, but it was an important campaign coalition that was assembled to oppose the threat posed by a …
Pity the Poor Immigrant
Banska Bystrica Traveling across Slovakia and listening to my guide, I recalled the contradictions of Bob Dylan’s song, “I pity the poor immigrant,” where he is both sympathetic to the plight of immigrants and suspicious of them. I pity the poor immigrant Whose strength is spent in vain Whose heaven is like …