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Category: ACORN Mexico
Work Report
ACORN MEXICO REPORT
Date: APRIL 2011.
Date
Activities
Rapid Actions
Campaigns
Memberships
1-7 April/2011
Cold Call
0
2
10
8-15 April/2011
Cold Call
2
2
15
16-20 April/2011
Meeting of neighbours re: Water in Neza
2
1
5
23 April/2011
Community Action: Cleaning of River San Buena Ventura
1
1
1
25 April/2011
Meeting with MP Larura Castillo
1
1
Fundraising for Community Campaigns.
Pending.
27 April/2011
Participated in Feria de San Pedro Martirn, an Information booth about campaigns and actions of ACORN MEXICO members
1
1
Every member from San Pedro Martir.
Information given about our work and 5,000 information sheets handed out.
29April/2011
Lemonade Sale in Feria de San Pedro Martir
2 members in charge. Fundraised $200 pesos, profit for the committee of the organization.
Other Progress:
Coordination and support for Esther Badio’s Passport. Esther is a member of ACORN Mexico who will take part in ACORN International’s meeting in Honduras.
Exchange of experiences with Universidad Obrera de Mexico (Laura Juarez) about ‘Migration and Remittances.’ We will participate in the Sociology Forum in San Pedro Sula, between May 2nd and 8th.
Support given by members of ACORN Mexico to SINDICATO DE ELECTRICISTAS MEXICANOS in defense of their rights as workers. Support to communities (5 member families) will not pay for power.
Logistics for Labour Day Parade, May 1st. All members of ACORN Mexico. Banners and blankets.
Membership dues collection, lemonade sale and fundraising $ 1372.50
Informe de Trabajo de ACORN Mexico
INFORME DE TRABAJO DE ACORN MEXICO
FECHA: ABRIL 2011.
Fechas
Actividades
Acciones Rapidas
Campañas
Membresias
1-7 Abril/2011
Toque puertas
0
2
10
8-15 Abril/2011
Toque puertas
2
2
15
16-20 Abril/2011
Reunion de vecinos por Juntas de Agua en Neza
2
1
5
23 Abril/2011
Accion Comunitaria de Limpieza Rio San Buena Ventura
1
1
1
25/ Abril/2011
Reunion con Diputada Larura Castillo
1
1
Gestion de Fondos para Campañas Comunitarias.
Pendiente.
27/Abril/2011
Párticipacion en Feria de San Pedro Martirn, un Stand de información sobre acciones y campañas de miembros ACORN MEXICO
1
1
Todos los miembros de San Pedro Martir.
Divulgacion del trabajo y 5,000 hojas sueltas repartidas.
29/Abril/2011
Venta de Limonada en Feria de San Pedro Martir
2 Miembros buscando recolección de fondos para actividades. ($200 pesos) ganancia para organización comitaria.
Otros avances:Apoyo en coordinación de Pasaporte para Esther Badio, mimbra de ACORN MEXICO, que participara en reunión de ACORN INTERNACIONAL EN HONDURAS.
Intercambio de experiencias sobre tema de MIGRACION Y REMESAS, con la UNIVERSIDAD OBRERA DE MEXICO, (LARUA JUAREZ) participación en Congreso de Sociologia en San Pedro Sula, entre el 2 y 8 de Mayo.
Apoyo solidario de miembros de ACORN MEXICO, a SINDICATO DE ELECTRICISTAS MEXICANOS, no a la violación de sus derechos laborales y apoyo en comunidades a que Miembros realicen sus amparos en NO PAGO DE ELECTRICIDAD en precios Justos (5 familias).
Coordinacion en Marcha del Primero de Mayo DIA DE LAS TRBAJADORAS Y TRABAJDORES MEXICANOS. Todos los miembros de ACORN MEXICO. Pancartas y Mantas.
Recolección de Cuotas, ventas de Limonada y gestiones de fondos solidarios $,1372.50
About ACORN Mexico
Our first chapter in Mexico, ACORN Tijuana, was organized at the behest of Mexican ACORN members in San Diego. With their help and encouragement, we launched ACORN Tijuana in 2005, and immediately began working on issues that affected BOTH Mexico and the United States. One of our first campaigns focused on the industrial waste created by Maquiladora factories near the US/Mexico border, which was dumped very close to where our members were housed. Through a collective effort, we secured guarantees from the Maquiladoras to properly treat industrial waste, repair leaks, and dump it in a secure area far from residents’ homes. We also secured green spaces and regular neighborhood cleanups for our members who were living in Maquiladora housing, which was surrounded by concrete and burdened with enormous heaps of accumulated waste.
After three years of organizing in Tijuana, we expanded to Mexico City in January 2008. Thus far, our fledgling office has conducted several small scale campaigns around security issues. Our most important work, however, has been building alliances that will allow us to conduct great campaigns in the future. For example, right now ACORN Mexico City is in the process of negotiating with local doctors at the University of Xochimilco, a highly regarded university with a great community health program. With their help, we are devising a community health worker training program that will serve low-income members by providing care AND engaging in advocacy around healthcare issues. We are developing a similar model for other ACORN International offices as well.
With our initial successes in mind, ACORN Mexico is eager to continue to grow its membership and to conduct larger-scale campaigns around all of the important issues that our members face–problems that can only be combated by a well informed citizenry that is willing and able to collectively demand accountability on the part of the governments that serve the. ACORN Mexico is using the strength of an organized majority to create real improvements in their neighborhoods.
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