Nairobi I went with six other members of Habitat International–Coalition to see three settlements in Nairobi in the late afternoon of the 3rd day of the World Social Forum. What we saw was disturbing to many of our delegation, yet we were witnessing what were obviously squatting success stories. The first area was on a hillside. The …
Category: Community Organizing
Part of the Vernacular
New Orleans Nice to have a day when the office is an option, but decidedly not mandatory, and the parades are running in earshot of the house making it easy to join and keep the tradition of civil rights alive. Makes me think, and that leads me to share a little something that comes from my …
ACORN’s New Orleans Plan
New Orleans On Saturday morning local ACORN leaders headed by Louisiana ACORN state chair Beulah Laboistrie, national ACORN leaders headed by ACORN President Maude Hurd, and top New Orleans elected officials headed by Councilme–at–Large Oliver Thomas and Arnie Fielkow, gathered over grits and eggs at Holy Angels in order to get the first inside pre–publication look …