Los Angeles: On Sunday 1500 ACORN members rendezvoused at famous MacArthur Park near downtown Los Angeles. Pouring off the busses and standing under the small shade of the trees, breeze blowing, and a score of ice cream carts jingling into action, it seemed like a very, very large and relaxed picnic and park crew enjoying the …
Category: Community Organizing
Behind the Curtain at the ACORN Convention
Los Angeles Every two years ACORN has a national convention. The members love it! They also pay almost all the freight, so attention must be paid! ACORN has held conventions since 1978. There was a brief spell of insanity when we met in 1978, then 1979, and again in 1980 before we came to our senses …
Summer School for Social Change
Montreal: In June it is hard not to love this city where old and new, French and English, all come together in a different mix every day. What made Montreal especially interesting to me though was the opportunity to spend a couple of days going from class to class in a very unusual summer school – …