Milwaukee The topic for the session with the Amani United leaders was community benefit agreements and that meant digging deeper to understand not only the coming Democratic National Convention and its impact, but more immediately something called the Ikon Hotel project at the border of Amani along with the development and financing plans of Kaylan …
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Why is it so Hard to Talk about Organizational Structure?
Milwaukee Amani United, like a butterfly trying to emerge from a cocoon, is an embryonic organization attempting to emerge from its status as a project of a larger organization into a membership, resident-led organization that can spread its own wings and fly. On this point everyone agrees, including the leadership core of Amani United and …
An Organizer Looks at the Yellow Vest Movement in France
Chicago There’s a lot of interest in the Yellow Vest movement in France. Because ACORN has an affiliate there, we’re often asked what is really going on. Yoan Pinaud, out head organizer in Aubervilliers for the Alliance Citoyenne ACORN, has been following the events closely and talked to many of the participants. We asked him to …