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 …
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Alinsky in Japan? Mystery Solved!
Houston We wondered if we couldn’t definitively solve the mystery intriguing our friend and colleague, Ken Yamazaki, the other day about whether or not, Saul Alinsky, the legendary community organizer from Chicago, had ever visited Japan. Ken was certain that was the case, but others, it turned out including Mike Miller of the Organize Training …
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 …