Lisbon ‘Tis the season and everywhere we find the opportunity to buy, buy, buy and in some cases supposedly have some of those purchases make contributions to good causes along the way. Over the last 15-20 years this “embedded giving,” has seemed ubiquitous, but in a bah-humbug moment, Stephanie Strom of the New York …
Category: Personal Writings
Job Rich Cash Poor
Lisbon Some nuggets being mined from a recent report by the Economic Mobility Project of the Pew Charitable Trust point about disturbing trends, but are consistent with arguments that the ACORN Financial Justice Center has been making about the problems in predatory practice and subprime financing. For African-American families the surveys seem to indicate …
George Wiley Award
New Orleans I was invited to the lunch held by the ACORN Caucus of Color on the final day of the Year End / Year Begin Meeting. Having arrived on time, I sat at the back table. As the organizers arrived there were a lot of double takes as they saw me there. When …