New Orleans The stories coming out of Flint, Michigan are a scandal. Political indifference and economic decline coupled with the general unwillingness of our collective will to finance and repair infrastructure has produced the specter of an entire populations reduced to the level of undeveloped countries without potable water to drink. Worse, they are being …
Category: Community Organizing
Virginia Organizing is Trying to do Things Their Own Way
New Orleans Not too long ago Virginia Organizing, formally the Virginia Organizing Project, celebrated its twentieth anniversary of putting people together to build power for change in that state. You might think that was the occasion for some series planning and thinking about the future, but talking to Executive Director Joe Szakos on Wade’s World …
Community Organizers in Kenya Struggling with their Roles
Nairobi A highlight whenever I’m in Nairobi is the opportunity to meet and dialogue with community organizers who are part of COPA Kenya, the Community Organization Practitioners Association of Kenya, and a unique professional association of organizers. We had what they call a “sharing” in which ACORN Kenya’s organizers, David Musungu and Sammy Ndirangu joined …