Palermo The Movimenti Civici di Sicilia or Civic Movement of Sicily had called together 40 of its key leaders and activists from throughout Sicily to participate in a workshop with me about strategy and tactics in building a more substantial movement for change city by city in Sicily. I drove with one of the leaders …
Tag: ACORN International
ACORN Canada, ACORN International, Many Others Banned from FEMA Funding
New Orleans Props to Dave Weigel of Slate.com for bringing to the public a better understanding of how the Republican U. S. Congress is so consumed by hater-ation that they can’t see the desperate needs of victims of disaster because they are still blinded in the fog of their ghostbusting of the tragically defunct ACORN. …
Mega Troubles for Microfinance
Buenos Aires Today ACORN International released a shocking report, Mega Troubles for Microfinance (www.acorninternational.org), as the result of months and years of first skepticism and now study of the claims and contradictions of the industry. In a letter to policy makers, politicians, and development agencies throughout the world, signed by ACORN International President Kay Bisnah …