St. Etienne You have to be careful what you ask for, even in meetings of organizers from ACORN affiliates all around the world. One of the requests from the meeting last year near Somerset, England, was that some of the discussions give some greater sense of strategy around policy in addition to actions and skills. …
Tag: France
Organizers Coming Together
St. Etienne Most people convened in Lyon, the second largest metropolitan area in France, either flying into its airport or rolling into the train station from all points. Some shuttled from the Lyon station to the Bas station near St. Etienne and waited for a pickup from the cars driving in from Grenoble, Lyon, Frankfurt, …
Putting Communities and Environmentalists Together
Lyon We showed up at the Alternative Bar close to what we thought was showtime to meet a half dozen of the organizers of what was billed as a showing of the documentary and a “debate” on various questions it might provoke. They said there were more people on the way, and so we chatted …