Tag Archives: ACORN

Confronting an Anti-Liberal Scheme in East Harlem

Posted on April 3, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Young, bearded, a bit scruffy, a young man walked into a community organizing office in East Harlem, lugging a heavy bag. Continue reading →

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Acorn reorganizes under new names

Posted on February 23, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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Devastated by a loss of funding and damage to its name, the long-rumored dissolution of Acorn has begun, a source close to the liberal advocacy group said.

Here in the city, home to one of Acorn’s largest branches, the group has shut down its operation and handed its Brooklyn lease over to New York Communities for Change, a new nonprofit organization formed by community activists and former staff and leaders of NY Acorn.

The new group is not affiliated with any national organization, a spokesman said. Its initial focus will be working to help people facing foreclosure, enforcing New York’s wage laws, preserving tenant rights and fighting state and local budget cuts that could impact low-income families. Continue reading →

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Right Wing Acorn Gotcha video

Posted on September 29, 2009 by | Leave a comment

ACORN VideoThis image made Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 from undated hidden-camera video taken from the web site Biggovernment.com, shows James O’Keefe III, right, and Hannah Giles in a hidden-camera video. In the video, created by Giles and O’Keefe, the two pose as a pimp and prostitute and talk to ACORN employees who give them advice about establishing a brothel with underage prostitutes from Central America. O’Keefe and Giles were no strangers to Washington’s conservative establishment; as far back as 2006, well before the videos became a national sensation and right-wing rallying cry, they connected with a pair of institutions that boast programs training ideological journalists.

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ACORN Baltimore Prostitution Investigation?

Posted on September 17, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Community

Over the last few days we’ve heard about the ACORN “undercover investigation featuring prostitution, sex trafficking, tax evasion, and money laundering”. Here’s the video:

We’re very aware of their good work in Brooklyn and other places, not this work in Baltimore.

What do you think?

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