Sofia Was there anything I wanted to do that was not on the schedule? Well, yes, as a matter of fact, I’d like to visit the National History Museum. Google Maps says it’s only 16 minutes from where I’m staying by car. Is this possible? Invariably, the look on the faces of my new …
Category: Community Organizing
The Questions Bulgarians Ask about Organizing
Sofia In a task of herculean proportion, Valentina Gueorguieva, my program fellow in community organizing, had translated the entire documentary, “The Organizer,” into Bulgarian and managed to embed the captions in perfect timing sequence into the SRT file. Sadly, I only know the rough outline of the technical requirements that I’m describing. A perfectionist, …
Facebook Playing Duck-and-Cover, Distraction, and Delay
Nashville Quit Facebook? How can we? There are countries ACORN works where Facebook and the internet are synonymous. We have learned how to use Facebook as an organizing tool in England in recruiting members to the ACORN Tenant Union. We use it as a communications tool in many of our organizing drives and campaigns. Facebook …