New Orleans In the second ACORN global action within recent months, reports are already coming in from India and Europe on our Beat the Heat campaign. Some cities in India had to cancel actions due to heavy rains in North India, but there were good events in Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Agra, Ghaziabad, and …
Category: France
Raising an Eyebrow about Philanthropy in France
Rotterdam My last night in Paris I had an assignment. There was a seminar being moderated by a longtime ally and friend of the organization in France, and, arguably, the expert on community organizing in the country and much of Europe, Julien Talpin. The Justice Ensemble’s Adrien Roux had to get back to Lyon …
Marching against Pesticides and the Resistance at Home
Paris We were on the move around the world this April Saturday, whether in countless cities across America in opposition to Trump and the many outrages of his new administration, or in other cities, like Paris, where I joined ACORN affiliate, Justice Ensemble, to protest and make demands around pesticides poisoning land and …