Cleveland The ACORN National Board met for its fall meeting in Cleveland in order to be close to the fight to raise the minimum wage in Ohio from $5.15 per hour to $6.85 per hour. But, before that the leadership had a number of other pieces of business. One had the top elected leaders continuing …
Category: Community Organizing
First New House in the Lower 9
New Orleans Early on Saturday morning Scott Hagy, the ACORN Services Construction Manager, picked me up in his truck and we went out to kick the dirt around ACORN’s building sites. The big news was on Delery Street in the very northerly corner of what is now the famous Lower 9th Ward. After many months …
Roma Evictions
Istanbul We bused to the Asian side of Istanbul, or what the locals call the Anatolia side, across the bridge that straddles the Bosporus Straits, high over the ships below. There is literally a sign in the middle of the bridge that says “Asia” one way and Europe, when you come back the other way. …