New Orleans At the board meeting of the Organizers’ Forum, which returned to New Orleans after a year’s hiatus because of the storm, we were looking at the 2006 elections and their meaning and what might be unfolding over the coming several years. The facts, figures and insights were flying furiously! Daniel Gotoff, the senior researcher, …
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Minimum Wages Matter
New Orleans We do not screen calls in any of our offices. We are a membership organization and the membership can never think that there is a chance that they would not be allowed to talk to anyone when they are calling. I got a call yesterday out of the blue from Roger Davidson. Roger, as …
Merging Organizer Training in East Asia
Seoul, South Korea Rev. Kim directs CONET — the Korean Community Organizing Information Network based in Seoul. Fides Bagasao had just arrived from the Philippines to transfer the headquarters of LOCOA — Leaders and Organizers of Community Organization in Asia — to Seoul and co-house with CONET. A merging of the forces and a meeting of the minds in …