New Orleans Just when I thought I might be out of my element and moving into the quicksand of squishy opinions in areas outside of my expertise, I just caught a lifeline thanks to Scientific American. Ok, what the heck am I talking about? Careful readers and listeners may remember my objections to the way …
Category: Organizing
Getting the Lead Out of Schools
New Orleans Increasingly, we are going to ask which school district is going to be the last one to stand up for its children and workers and test for lead. There really is no rational reason in the face of the devastation that lead brings to children and others and the overwhelming evidence of its …
Making Big Plans for Expanding Organizing in Africa
Douala After six straight days of meetings, almost nonstop, for the Organizers’ Forum in Cameroon, we spent the last two days in critically serious conversations with all of the ACORN-allied organizers and organizations in attendance including ACORN Kenya on Skype until there was a power outage in Nairobi. It was a historic meeting for all …