Bangkok The Organizers’ Forum delegation forged out to see various slums along the river and canal courses of Bangkok and the dense acres near the city center, so we were prepared by the time we sat down for several hours with leaders and organizers of the Four Regions Slums Network as they came back to …
Category: Community Organizing
A Fish in the Sea of People
Washington Pulling last minute pieces together as the Organizers’ Forum delegation moves from their homes and offices in the United States and Canada towards airports heading for Bangkok, the site of this year’s international dialogue with labor and community organizations in Thailand and along the Burmese border, I find myself bouncing back and forth with …
Taking the Base for Granted
Pittsburgh The G-20 was gone from Pittsburgh so it was back to normal as I passed through. Signs to beware of deer on some streets in working and lower income neighborhoods were not just reminders of the hills all around the city, but the fact that it has shrunk to 260,000 people within the limits. …