Jakarta 36 Days of Exile The one thing you heard over and over again before coming to Jakarta is that the traffic may be the worst in the world. Reading V. S. Naipul’s Among the Believers some years ago the passages about endless hours stuck in traffic in Jakarta stayed with me longer than many of …
Category: Community Organizing
Sunday in Jakarta
Jakarta 36 days of Exile It’s late September so it’s time for the Organizers’ Forum World Tour (www.organizersforum.org). Five or more years ago, we established the Organizers Forum to give serious and senior community and labor organizers an opportunity to engage critical issues and challenges outside of the normal channels and silos of our work. We …
People Stepping Up
Atlanta Baton Rouge is not easily able to accommodate its now burgeoning New Orleanian population. The small airplane was crammed full last night, and when it was delayed for 2 hours throwing everyone’s connections to smithereens…some of the locals could not wrap their minds around the fact that the Delta ticket agent was telling them …