New Orleans Helen Miller was a great leader in the United Labor Unions and then SEIU Local 880 as well as ACORN both in Chicago and as member of the national board of ACORN for many, many years. She was also a mentor and inspiration to us all. When she retired, she moved back …
Category: Organizing
Community Organizing is on their Minds in Italy Too
New Orleans Changing planes between Tirana and Sofia, we ended up going through Rome. Miraculously, my phone was working, so I reached out for David Tozzo, head organizer of ACORN in Rome, and happened to catch him. It turned out that he was co-teaching a regular class on community organizing every other Saturday morning. …
Listening to Tenants in North Dublin and Limerick
Limerick Hitting the ground in Dublin, Nick Ballard, ACORN UK head organizer, and I jumped in the car with Tomas O’Loingsigh and Seamus Farrell, and we were on our way to visit with activists at the Darndale housing estate in North Dublin. The social housing complex numbered over 5000 units stretched over quite a piece …