Tag: acorn
member name: ACORN National
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July 27, 2007 11:39 AM EDT --
WASHINGTON – More than 200 ACORN members from a half-dozen states joined thousands at the Capitol July 24 to celebrate a long-overdue increase in the minimum wage – and to demand further hikes . . . more
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July 07, 2007 02:42 PM EDT --
More than 1,000 ACORN members attended the ACORN Presidential Candidates’ Forum at Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia Monday, July 2, to hear first-hand what candidates Hillary Clinton, Dennis . . . more
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April 27, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
SACRAMENTO, CA –On May 3, Speaker Pro Tempore Sally Lieber of the California Assembly will introduce a joint resolution in support of the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project, which is the national effort . . . more
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April 27, 2007 05:08 PM EDT --
Vote once a day & Help Us Rebuild New Orleans!
Here is an easy way for you to make a huge contribution to organizing and rebuilding New Orleans. We need you to participate in a campaign . . . more
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July 21, 2007 02:21 PM EDT --
Wednesday, June 20, ACORN chapters around the country released reports identifying U.S. neighborhoods with the highest foreclosure rates.
The set of reports, titled "Home Insecurity" . . . more
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July 30, 2007 08:21 PM EDT --
Three hundred New Orleans residents and their supporters assembled the morning of Saturday, July 28th along the Monticello Canal forming a “Human Levee” in support of returning residents’ . . . more
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June 25, 2008 08:47 PM EDT --
DETROIT, Mich. -- Former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards called it a "moral shame" that 37 million Americans live in poverty, but committed to lifting them out by working . . . more
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March 30, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
March 29, 2007 the city of New Orleans announced that the Lower 9th
ward as one of two neighborhoods targeted for major rebuilding,
splitting $145 million with New Orleans East. The announcement . . . more
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April 07, 2007 01:07 PM EDT --
SAN JOSE, CA -- Students and faculty from thirty-eight colleges, including Xavier, Tulane, Stanford, Cal, Michigan , Indiana, NYU, Princeton, Tennessee, South Florida, and San José State are hosting . . . more
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March 24, 2007 02:40 PM EDT --
In 2006, ACORN helped more than 540,000 low income and minority citizens to apply to become voters. ACORN has helped more than 1.6 million people register to vote since 2003.
ACORN President Maude Hurd . . . more
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July 01, 2008 12:31 PM EDT --
ACORN has been fighting against predatory lending since 1999. ACORN members have engaged in outreach and education to help homeowners avoid becoming victims of predatory lending , led protests . . . more
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March 24, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chair of the Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, introduced H.R. 1227, "The Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007" . . . more
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March 24, 2007 02:36 PM EDT --
On Feb. 22, longtime lower 9th Ward residents Josephine Butler and Gwendolyn Guice became the first to move into new homes constructed in the area, among the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. They were . . . more
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March 24, 2007 02:51 PM EDT --
Students ' raising money for human rights in New Orleans, challenge others to match their efforts.
By Jeffrey Buchanan
Each February children of all backgrounds across the United States study some . . . more
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