Little Rock The new Children’s Library in Little Rock, where the fundraiser was held, was something of a startling edifice planted in the lower income neighborhood that we used to call Woodrow to Pine and Oak Forest, only blocks from the old Highland Court housing project. There were amazing parts to the building. It had …
Category: ACORN
Crowdfunding for For-Profits
Little Rock I was lucky to be in Little Rock last night so that I could stop by the second annual “truth teller” award ceremony and fundraiser for the Arkansas Community Organizations, formerly Arkansas ACORN. It was fun to see old friends from many decades ago who were so important to ACORN’s work in Arkansas again. …
Bell Flaunts Corporate Commitment to Monopoly Profits and Damn the Divide
Toronto The initial response from Rogers, one of the big three telecommunications giants in Canada controlling internet and cable, was not all we needed or wanted, but it showed progress and a path forward for future discussions. ACORN’s similar letters to Bell Canada and Telus were met with opposing corporate strategies. Telus dug its head …