Hamilton Conventions are not just action actions and rallies, speeches and cheers. One of the vital components is the workshops that members do with each other to share information and skills. The ACORN Canada convention offerings ran the gamut from detailed presentations around tenant issues and evictions to disability and welfare payments to basic skills …
Category: Canada
In Canada, The Plight of Low-and-Moderate Income Families is an Issue with Allies
Hamilton The ACORN Canada biennial convention is many things to many people, especially ACORN members, but it is also a measuring stick of the increasing power and influence of the organization. There were more members in attendance. There were more cities represented. Even the fact that the convention was held in Hamilton where the organization …
Double Whammy on the Desperate in Ontario
Hamilton The ACORN Canada board and annual general meeting was in full force before the biennial convention was scheduled to begin in Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton is a former steel-making, industrial city along Lake Ontario, roughly midway between Toronto, the queen city of Canada, and Buffalo, New York. Hamilton is having a revival of sorts, but that …