Santiago The leaders met all day from 9 until after 5 and then could be seen continuing the conversations later in the evening. The vision was gripping. They were building a cohesive federation in which they saw solidarity between low income and working families and lower income, regular and informal workers joining together not only …
Category: Community Organizing
Remittances Reform
Santiago Remittances are the lifeblood of many of the ACORN International communities from Canada to Mexico to India to Kenya, and it was not long into the conversation among all of our organizers before the a campaign and the actions that would bring it to life started to take shape. After years of poking around …
Reunion
Santiago I flew into Puerto Plata, an airport and tourist destination on the northern part of the island of the Dominican Republic. This made sense because I was going to rendezvous with the ACORN Canada staff and fly out with them on Sunday to Toronto and take advantage of cheaper tickets. It had been a …