Manchester “The Organizer” was screening at the Friends Meeting House today, and the members and leaders of the newly organized ACORN branch in Manchester were working, so I had the opportunity to not only visit, but also observe and work from the People’s History Museum and The Left Bank café and bar. What a great …
Category: Labor Organizing
Plotting the Future, Drowning in Opportunity
Cardiff Whether the leadership of ACORN International, led by President Marva Burnett from Canada, meeting under the shade, appropriately of an oak tree, or the organizers from around the world, joining the leaders, in talking about our directions for the future sitting in a circle on floor-seats in a yurt, it was clear we had …
Retreat and then Attack from 42 Acres
Outside of Frome, England Once a year we try to bring as many of ACORN International’s organizing staff together as we can muster given the costs in time and travel. For years we would meet in Latin America somewhere: Mexico City, Quito, Lima, Tegucigalpa, and San Pedro Sula. As we have expanded in Europe, …