New Haven: There are some simple rules in supporting a community of community and labor organizers and one of them in my book is to be accessible to their efforts to continue to define and expand their understanding of their work and experience as organizers. So it was easy when a request from a former …
Category: Personal Writings
The Gates
New York: I was a sucker for the whole idea. From the first time I had heard that it was really going to happen, I had noted the dates in my calendar on the happenstance that I would be anywhere near New York. I did not understand exactly what the “Gates” were supposed …
Asian Community Organizers
Manila: The meeting of the Leaders and Organizers of Community Organizations of Asia (LOCOA) was fascinating, somewhat exhilarating, and absolutely educational. Having spent the better part of 4 decades listening to organizing reports, it adds a different dimension when there is a section on the agenda for “country reports. But, it was appropriate as community …