Birmingham Depending on whether you are looking east or west, Birmingham is either the Chicago of the United Kingdom or Chicago is the Birmingham of the United States. Carrying the analogy too far, Manchester is Cleveland to Birmingham’s Chicago. I better stop. The key point is that these are amazing, bustling cities with deep, historical …
Category: Community Organizing
Plotting the Future, Drowning in Opportunity
Cardiff Whether the leadership of ACORN International, led by President Marva Burnett from Canada, meeting under the shade, appropriately of an oak tree, or the organizers from around the world, joining the leaders, in talking about our directions for the future sitting in a circle on floor-seats in a yurt, it was clear we had …
Tenant Organizing Tactics
Outside of Frome, England We were all organizers. We adapted and made the best of it, and then got to work. And, the work went amazingly well! The combination of video and oral reports the night before meant that the day’s business could get right to the meat of the matter of sharing organizational …