New Orleans The “Katrina” book is slowly becoming a reality. Several weeks ago I reported that the rough, rough draft was finished. Now there are some pieces that have to be inserted and smoothed out on all of this quick “pipe laying” to make the whole thing come together, but clearly we are around the …
Category: Ideas and Issues
School Strategies
Chicago I am participating in quite an exceptional event, almost unheard of in the organizing community in fact: a joint strategy session between two community organizing networks — PICO and ACORN — trying to struggle together to find new paths and successes in education organizing. About a dozen organizers from each organization are attending. …
Boyko Stops Foreclosures in Ohio
Chicago Justice Christopher A. Boyko in the federal court in Cleveland delivered a head shot to mortgage investors by dismissing 14 foreclosure cases brought in their behalf because they had failed to really prove that they owned the properties that they were trying to seize and sell.. Company after company that ACORN has been …