Washington, DC: At the Gala Awards Banquet at the Washington Hilton, I sat with three tables of ACORN members including ACORN’s President Maude Hurd as Tamecka Pierce, Florida ACORN State President accepted the Campaign for America’s Future Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award in behalf of ACORN’s victory in raising the minimum wage by $1.00 per …
Category: Labor Organizing
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 …
Peoples’ Pollster: Celinda Lake
Seattle: One of the big hits of the Organizers’ Forum had to be our old friend, the peoples’ pollster: Celinda Lake. Some of us have known Celinda virtually since she came out of Montana decades ago, but in the time since she has been the pollster of choice whenever an ACORN or the AFL-CIO or …