Toronto I listened carefully to the ACORN Canada board meeting as the leaders from Vancouver, Toronto, and now Ottawa, reported on the progress in their local chapters and cities. For example, a long campaign to deal with payday lenders that has been the signature effort for ACORN in Canada seems to be finally falling …
Category: Community Organizing
Forcing MoreDemocracy in Ohio
New Orleans No matter how hard they try, and believe me, they try very, very hard, the forces of evil are still having some difficulty curtailing the ability to register new voters in Ohio. Friday, I received welcome news that we had won a seminal lawsuit enjoying the notorious and infamous Secretary of State of …
More Sitefighters!
Sacramento On the last day of this organizing meeting listening to Jason Judd, Wal-Mart Campaign Director for Change to Win, followed by Derecka Mehrens, California ACORN Head Organizer, tag teamed with Sarita Gupta, Jobs with Justice Field Director, as they described their collaboration to create more community support for sitefights everywhere and their enthusiasm, determination, and …