Housing is Healthcare!

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04102020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River     At ACORN we like the slogan, “Housing is Health Care.”  We saw it or picked it up somewhere.  I wish I could remember, so I could give proper credit, but in the meantime, we’re touting this in many countries where we work, because it speaks …

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Food Crisis Growing in Honduras Cities

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04062020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       Central America doesn’t get the press on the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s as real there as it is in other countries, except perhaps more dangerous since these countries lack the same level of infrastructure and capacity.  Guatemala managed to break into the news cycle …

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From Street Demos to Solidarity Work

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04052020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River     What do mass-based organizations and social movements do when their tactics of mass action, disruption, and street protests are impossible due to stay-at-home orders and social distancing?  Do collective actions simply devolve into solitary moans on social media?  No, never!  Mass-based organizations assemble the base …

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