Mardi Gras Day, New Orleans    I am hardly a Hollywood groupie, but given ACORN International’s work in Dharavi, the Mumbai mega-slum, that was one of the “stars” of the movie, Slumdog Millionaire, I couldn’t claim to be disinterested.  Furthermore, ACORN India put on a different kind of Oscar-watch party in Dharavi that has now been …

Boston        I popped my head in for a minute to hear the distinguished panel speak of new takes on urban renewal.  It was fascinating in bits and pieces, but seemed to also underscore how little real attention revitalization of urban areas has gotten in recent decades as a matter of public policy or public …

Boston        On Friday night the panel at the EPIIC International Symposium convened to discuss the issues of particularly vulnerable global cities and New Orleans was highlighted as a worse case example of the impact and consequence of vulnerability.  It was encouraging to find that after more than three years, there is still deep interest …