Rethinking Training for Teachers, Doctors, and Even Organizers

Ideas and Issues Organizer Training Organizing

New Orleans       The old saw that went something like, “those that can, do; and those that can’t, teach,” is getting a beating about the face and arms now, as serious thinkers – and practitioners – in multiple fields are thoroughly beating down both the “nature versus nurture” mythology of the argument, as well as heavily …

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Environmental Racism, Yes, Environmental Diversity, Still No, 25 Years Later

Organizing

Montgomery       Almost 25 years ago in 1990 in an effort led by Richard Moore, co-director of the Southwest Organizing Project based in Albuquerque, a letter on their stationery signed by a number of community leaders was addressed to the head of the National Wildlife Federation and the big ten environmental organizations and demanded that they …

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Could Chat-Apps Increase Maximum Eligible Participation for Low-and-Moderate Income Families?

ACORN International Organizing

New Orleans          What in the world is “chatvertising,” and why would any of us care? Good point! And, my thoughts exactly, which is why I had overlooked the original piece in the Journal about the growing effectiveness, and even popularity, of chat-bots or in real English, computers that are trained to talk back to you …

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