Buenos Aires Andrea and I go way back — more than 40 years back. She was working to direct BWAC, the Brooklyn Welfare Action Center, with Rhoda Linton, and I was head organizer of the Massachusetts Welfare Rights Organization. Somehow thanks to the marvelous “people skills” of the founding organizer of MWRO, my long time …
Category: Personal Writings
Extreme Inflation
Buenos Aires Last night there were nothing but smiles as people crowded past on the sidewalks with televisions blaring from the cafes. Argentina had solidly beaten Brazil in soccer at the Olympics in Beijing and would now be in the gold medal game against Nigeria at the end of the week. To put a …
ACORN Canada’s Board
Ottawa Another year had gone by and it was amazing to hear the leaders give reports on the amount of progress in Vancouver, Toronto, and now with the new office in Ottawa. About this time every year we have met and compared notes, and accomplishments are getting larger and larger. The signature campaign …