Second Saturday Salon in Columbus

ACORN

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11102019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsColumbus        It has been a long day, but a good one in Columbus, Ohio. I had met for hours with my colleague and partner in the Voter Purge Project, Steve Tingley-Hock, in Marysville, a bit more than 30 miles out of town, and then at the Lincoln …

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Plundering Black Wealth with Predatory Land Installment Contracts

ACORN Citizen Wealth Community Organizing Financial Justice

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11092019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsColumbus        An analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis on a panel with us at the Benjamin Hooks Institute at the University of Memphis listened to our remarks about the devastating impact of hedge funds and land installment contract companies in Memphis, and asked me …

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Strong Towns:  Investing in Old, Lower-Value Neighborhoods, not More Infrastructure

ACORN Community Organizing

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11022019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       On the sometimes lonely march to try to advance and rebuild low-and-moderate income communities, it’s always a welcome relief to stumble on fellow travelers moving on much the same pathway.  At least that’s how I felt preparing to interview Chuck Marohn for Wade’s World, …

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