New Orleans: For the last several years ACORN has celebrated its anniversary in a way that seems totally consistent with the history and roots of the organization by organizing a National Neighborhood Clean-up Day. For an organization with almost 800 community chapters whose membership is initially recruited and always remains committed to the grassroots where …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Government Speech?
Rapid City, South Dakota: Barbara Bowen and I sitting in on a semi-annual meeting of the staff and leaders of the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) being held at the Historic Alex Johnson Hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota. I had not been in Rapid for at least 25 years. The beautiful park along the …
Water Wars Come to Mexico
Mexico City: It was a last minute invitation from fellow travelers in the water wars from Canada with the Polaris Institute who issued the call to meet with community based and indigenous groups from around Mexico meeting to look at the emerging issues of water privatization. There was no way to say no. Landing on …