New Orleans Changing planes between Tirana and Sofia, we ended up going through Rome. Miraculously, my phone was working, so I reached out for David Tozzo, head organizer of ACORN in Rome, and happened to catch him. It turned out that he was co-teaching a regular class on community organizing every other Saturday morning. …
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USA Voter System a Black Mark for Global Democracy
Atlanta In Rome I was talking in the halls of the Italian Parliament to policy makers and others about Democracy in the XXI Century, where we had an engaging conversation about the role of community organizations at the grassroots level increasing democracy and the disturbing trends in the United States through various repressive voter regulations, especially …
Tenants, Senators, and “Democracy in the XXI Century” in Rome
Rome We started out the day with a run by the office where we are “bunking” for free to meet three tenants from Rome who were making the final decision about joining ACORN Italia and “registering” their landlord, which means putting his property on the state tax rolls and off of the black market. They …