Washington DC Typical of the Katrina experience, no one came to the 400 ACORN members in DC, the members went everywhere to find them. Organizers should make a note: it takes a long, long time to get 400 members through security metal detectors entering Congressional office buildings. Luckily, the weather was cold, but clear, and …
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People of the Storm
New Orleans I dropped off my first passengers at 5:45 AM. Members were already on the porch on a coldish morning for New Orleans, waiting for the buses to show up and the ride to begin. At 7:45 when I came back there were two buses packed the gills and another dozen people waiting for …
500+ and Counting on Home Clean-out!
New Orleans Today was another big day. More than 100 volunteers were part of the ACORN Services clean-up crews working in the 70117 zip code of the 9th Ward of New Orleans, just west of the Industrial Canal. Today’s full court press might mean 10-15 houses get done before the fall of the sun. …