acorn.org - 1/7/2009
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ACORN members and allies meet in Broward County, Florida, on Dec. 18, to discuss the broad measures Congress must take to address the economic crisis for families across the country. Orlando ACORN members and allies kick off the campaign in front of the Orlando Regional Medical ...
nytimes.com - 1/9/2009
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The president-elect’s economic recovery plan ran into cross-fire
from his own party, suggesting that it could take...
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Bertha Lewis: ACORN Helps Lead Progressive Action to Pass A Stimulus Package
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Back on December 18, ACORN offices around the country helped launch the new Campaign for Jobs and Economic Recovery Now (CJERN). These 18 late-December events were all coalition events, featuring a cross-section of speakers from the community organization, human services, environmental, labor, and elected-official sectors - we were proud, for example, to be joined by the mayors of St. Louis and Oakland on the 18th. ...
ACORN Helps Lead Action to Pass a Stimulus Package
Congress Blog —
For three weeks now ACORN members have been aggressively pursuing a campaign to pass a bold, progressive Economic Recovery package in the new Congress. Working closely with allies like US Action, AFSCME, and the larger Americans United for Change coalition, ACORN members are taking a major role in building the coalition to pass this recovery package, and to create the context for it to be both stronger and more directly responsive to the situation facing working families across this country. Because of reality facing America’s low- and moderate-income communities, ACORN members and their neighborhoods function as the canaries in our nation’s economic coalmine. In many cases, our members are experiencing ...
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