ACORN Czech Republic (AKORN) operates as a community-based organization that deals with injustice across the country, bringing people together to support each other, to improve their lives and the lives of those around them. And as a cooperative, AKORN focuses on employment, the development of cooperative business, and specific projects.
AKORN focuses on direct action, social and legal advice and assistance, creative business in the field of cooperative forms and social cooperatives, and a culture of coexistence.
Key Organizer
Michal Ulver
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Organizing Areas
1) Member defense, where members support and defend people who face unfavorable personal or social situations.
2) Creative employment ,involvement in projects, joint cooperative business.
3) AKORN also runs the company Community Art , which is focused on members’ cultural expression.
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Updates from AKORN Czech
- ACORN International’s global response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Mumbai to British Columbia
At the outset of the now-ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, over a dozen chapters, branches, and affiliate organizations of ACORN International issued a global call for the social protection of low-income families and individuals. - ACORN convenes first global Zoom call during COVID-19 pandemic
ACORN International board members, supported by their staff, convened in a first global Zoom call today. ACORN leaders from 15 countries and 20 affiliates joined the call and participated using translators and translation software. - ACORN at the Forefront of the Working Class
12 members and workers of our social building cooperative and civil association met at the Republic Square to support the event called the Revolution Betrayed held by the emergent student platform Real Left. Equality, unity and fraternity somehow disappeared yet left with a taste for the unknown fruit of freedom, which we had managed to… Read more: ACORN at the Forefront of the Working Class - ACORN Czech Republic: We will complete the 1989 Revolution
Demonstration on November 17th anniversary. We are a ready organization At the beginning of its establishment ten years ago, the ACORN Association had constituted statutes ready to support a political parties wishing to set up platforms or non-profits alongside its own political activities that would offer citizens the opportunity to engage in their forums and… Read more: ACORN Czech Republic: We will complete the 1989 Revolution - Update on Activities in the Czech RepublicSocial Cooperative has a new opportunity for workers to join a small ceramics factory. Social counseling for citizens and migrants can be found here.