Greenville In New Zealand we were asked, “How is New Orleans?” In California, whether Santa Rosa or Sonoma, the question arose, “How is New Orleans?” Thirteen years have passed since Hurricane Katrina swept through the city, and the question is still important, “How is New Orleans?” The answer: better than it was, but not as …
Category: Community Organizing
Interesting Questions from the Netroots Crowd
New Orleans Netroots has become a big event for the digerati, especially the subset involved in internet campaigning and the like. This year they held their annual confab in New Orleans. In August, believe me on this, the Morial Convention Center makes some deals to bring people into the city, and, thank goodness, they brought …
Fighting for Water and Land in Honduras
San Pedro Sula The calendar surprised me. I hadn’t really visited our offices, organizers, and members in Honduras for almost four years. I had met our organizers other places, Mexico, Ecuador, and Houston, but had not actually been on the ground with them recently to measure the progress being made by the local organizations at …