San Pedro Sula Part of the adventure of ACORN International’s annual board and staff meetings is the experience of going to a new city with everyone and seeing the progress of the local leaders and members on the ground, but the other part of the adventure is always seeing if Skype will work well enough …
Category: International
Land and Community Struggles in Choloma
San Pedro Sula Our ACORN International delegation spent our first day visiting with members and leaders of ACORN Honduras in the abutting city of Choloma where we have almost a half-dozen affiliated organizations. Choloma is an industrial suburb to an industrial city. The motto on the signs as the bus crossed into Choloma called the …
Alinsky in Japan
New Orleans My friend and colleague in Japan, Ken Yamazaki, is a researcher and scholar in addition to being an advocate for community organizing. Before, during, and after visiting Tokyo and speaking there at his invitation last fall, he often asked me if I had any information or proof that Saul Alinsky visited Japan. My …