Toronto It is not often that my friends in Canada are willing to concede that there might be a service in the US that is superior to what exists in the great north, so I was paying careful attention to the torrent of complaints that spewed forth before the beer was even on the table …
Category: Community Organizations International
Foreclosures in Tijuana
Lima The details were somewhat illusive but the issue was profound when we heard leaders from ACORN Mexico in Tijuana describing a more vicious twist to the foreclosure crisis that has been gripping their neighbors in the United States. The reports focused on more than 6000 houses in Tijuana that have seen a government assisted …
International Reports Via Skype
Lima In a bold experiment at the ACORN International staff meeting we tried to schedule and link our far flung offices together via free Skype connections to be able to hear reports from India and Kenya and introduce staff and leaders to each other. As the expression goes in Spanish it was mas a minos! …