tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post6551560220902282485..comments2023-10-09T11:28:14.030-05:00Comments on The Adventures of Johnny Northside: The Hawkman's open letter to ACORNJohnny Northsidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694273579383113753noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-24008425649805163532009-09-25T10:32:25.613-05:002009-09-25T10:32:25.613-05:00I used to be an ACORN member. Until I moved to Ce...I used to be an ACORN member. Until I moved to Central. We repeatedly had ACORN organizers coming to our community and signing up members, thus creating direct withdrawls from their checking accounts or credit cards. There was always a promise to work on neighborhood livability issues. But that never happened. It remained in a state of perpetual membership drive. I finally had one organizer recontact me after she quit. She told me that she was never allowed to spend time on issues because there were always membership "quotas" that hadn't been met and her time subsequently had to be focused on the membership drive. By perpetually focusing on signing up electronic withdrawls from poor people's checking accounts and credit cards, without ever creating any of the action that they were being told they were paying for, she ironically began to feel that she was participating in something that was predatory upon poor inner city communities and subsequently quit. Pretty ironic given ACORN's mission. i believe they once had a good mission and intentions, but in the end it became something very different and very ugly.M. Clintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635142448830357080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-83296318275159718552009-09-24T14:56:04.766-05:002009-09-24T14:56:04.766-05:00Nicely said Hawkman.
Love the OACTREE.
I bet Ch...Nicely said Hawkman.<br /><br />Love the OACTREE. <br /><br />I bet Chipper would like that organization, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com