Birmingham Nothing like learning something every day to keep you in the work, and I found myself almost starting from scratch trying to be helpful and value-added to ACORN’s Birmingham organizers who have been heavily involved in list building for a coming organizing drive using a technique they refer to as “stalls.” The simple steps are …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Newly Reelected Conservatives in UK Hitting Labor and the Poor Hard
London Whether meeting with organizers, union leaders, foundation and nonprofit executives or ACORN’s own organizers, almost always the conversations with drift over the difficult prospects for the next five years in the wake of the Conservative Party’s re-election, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, and the hope and fears accompanying the election of Jeremy Corbyn, …
RushCard and United Kingdom Lending to Lower Income Families
London The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in the USA is pushing 40 years old, and even in its relatively weakened state, there is no question that joined with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) it has been for most of its history a huge tool for opening increased financial opportunity to lower income families and …