Protests Disrupt, No Duh!

ACORN ACORN International Organizing Podcasts

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans     If I had a thousand dollars for every time someone, well-meaning or evil-intentioned, said to me, that “I could agree with ACORN, but I can’t agree with your tactics,” then we would have enough money in the bank to organize for years.  For …

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Small Contributions Make a Huge Difference

Organizing

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06152020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     Whether it’s a moment or a movement, some things are different this time than they have been in the past.  One encouraging and crucial difference is the fact that the money is coming from the small donors interested in change rather than control.  This …

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Organizing Obstacles Come with Online and At-Home Work

ACORN ACORN International Labor Organizing Organizing

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05282020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans      Speaking as an organizer, be careful what you wish for, if you’re hoping the pandemic means more online work and work from home, because it is easy to see even more obstacles ahead for work-based and union organizations. The more I read about schools …

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