Toronto: The Community Leadership Centre (www.columbiainstitute.ca) reassembled our organizer trainees in Toronto to have them debrief from their first dozen weeks in the field and do some intensive training on campaign mechanics before their second stint of field assignments. We were a smaller, but hardier crew as we pulled into Victoria College on the University of …
Category: Community Organizing
Houston Home Improvements — Reports from the Field!
New Orleans: Coming back from the conventions, one always feels a mixture of exhilaration, exhaustion, and relief. Another mountain climbed, another bridge crossed, another milestone marked. In the momentary lulls that follow as the troops trek home by planes, busses, and trains, one tries to take a short breathe – catch the wind and put …
Wells Fargo’s Gold Rush
Los Angeles: Wells Fargo is a huge banking conglomerate and quite the tough customer in its own right. The stagecoach is a clue. This company is still as roughhewn as the West itself. There is something of the frontier and cowboy spirit that seeps into the corporate culture. At least that’s what ACORN has found in …