Toronto Judy Duncan, the head organizer of ACORN Canada, had scheduled the planning meeting for this year in the Roger Thornton Community Centre in the “program room” on the 2nd floor. Getting in from the airport a couple minutes early I stumbled into the “auditorium,” which was a large open room without chairs where a …
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Working Poor in New Orleans
St. Petersburg Last night I sat with a distinguished panel of professors, lawyers, and newspaper columnists answering questions about the conditions of the working poor of New Orleans both before and after the storm. It was the 4th part of a series examining the impact of Katrina on the city. The first three parts on …
The Capitol by Storm
Washington Sometimes it is the little things that make a difference, and so it seemed on Thursday morning as Mary Howard, a long-time Louisiana member, dominated the front-page of the Washington Post with her red t-shirt and a phalanx of members marching behind her as the ACORN members from Katrina came from the Capitol to …