Sheffield Another day, more train cancellations, colder temperatures and snow flurries as the train moved north. We had stood up from Bristol to Birmingham as all of us crowded into every nook and cranny in order to fit into the train, so it was almost a relief to finally sit and look out the window, …
Category: Organizing
Standing Room Only in Paris and Interesting Question about Free Speech
Paris What do I know? The young organizer was worried that the room we had for screening the documentary on ACORN called “The Organizer” in Paris was too small. More than 40 people had said they were coming on Facebook. I assured her we would be lucky to break 20 or 25, especially since the …
The Edifice Complex and the Tension between Intake and Outreach
Banska Stiavnica The small city of Banska Stiavnica was a rich, mining city in its heyday. The symbol of the city is two lizards, and the legend has it that a shepherd in the mountains saw them run under a rock. Turning over the rock, he saw one was covered in silver dust and the …