Paris What do I know? The young organizer was worried that the room we had for screening the documentary on ACORN called “The Organizer” in Paris was too small. More than 40 people had said they were coming on Facebook. I assured her we would be lucky to break 20 or 25, especially since the …
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Maximizing the Expanding Organizational Footprint
Paris Listening to the reports from the head organizers in the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and operations in the United States was so exciting. There had been real progress in one campaign after another. Questions were fired back-and-forth on the details of various campaigns. Exactly what was involved in the landlord licensing victory won in …
The Activists of Paris Are Ready for a Movement Now
Paris On the bus to our meetings in Paris we were clogged up in a huge traffic circle where the Bastille, the infamous prison of the French Revolution was located. On that site now is a quite grand appearing Opera House. My colleague had earlier reprised stories of Charles De Gaulle and his comeback after …