New Orleans Every once in a while, the New York Times prints a section for children. The alerting tag line is an admonishment for adults to not read the section. What is it about being told not to read something, that draws me to it immediately. In this instance my curiosity was richly rewarded. There …
Category: Organizing
“The Organizer” is a Way to Gather the Tribes
Oakland Running up and down California from south to north and back and forth to do Q&A after trial screenings with the documentary, “The Organizer,” and coupling that with my new book, Nuts & Bolts: The ACORN Fundamentals of Organizing, I have been trying to determine how we might use the film as an organizing …
UndocuFund and the Philippines
Petaluma Two interesting meetings, one in San Jose and the other in the north bay city of Petaluma in Sonoma County brought the issues of immigrants, both documented and undocumented in California, into stark relief. I tracked down Davin Cardenas, co-director of the North Bay Organizing Project, and lead organizer for their tenant organizing for …