New Orleans On the eve of the USA Thanksgiving there is a long list of chores and cleanups, some long postponed, that have to be sorted out as family and friends assemble. Normally, these times signals a momentary lull, a chance for a breath, but believe it, working in the world is not like that at …
Tag: La Matanza
Was there a DREAM versus Secure Communities Immigration Deal?
Buenos Aires I want to share how exciting it was to be with the organizing committee in the Isidor Casanova district of the mega-slum, La Matanza, yesterday as they planned their first major campaign to clean up the fouled, garbage laden dump that their river has become, but that will have to wait until …
Winning Garbage Pickup and Fighting for Lights in La Matanza
Sometimes the only way to really understand what we are accomplishing in our community organizing with ACORN International is to get squarely on the ground with the organizers and members and get to the heart of what is on their minds, their fights, and sometimes their victories. After a two hour ride from the Capitol …
Death Threats, Web Attacks, and Organizing Reports
Tegucigalpa A critical feature to the annual international meeting of the ACORN International board and staff beginning last year in Lima and now with both excitement and trepidation is the reports from offices around the world on their progress. All of this is well and good, but we use Skype and our life blood is …
“Gradually Organizing Everything” in La Matanza Buenos Aires
New York City There’s an indescribable joy that comes from organizing successfully and the first time it hits you is a thrill you chase the rest of your life. I can’t not share this. A new organizer in Buenos Aires working in the mega-slum of La Matanza (the Massacre) in the province sent me an …