In October, A Community Voice stood strong with health care workers on the picket line and rally for a strike at University Medical Center in New Orleans. ACORN stands firm with strikes for worker’s rights all over the world!

After weathering Hurricane Francine early this month, A Community Voice and The Claiborne Avenue Alliance teamed up with dozens of students from Louisiana State University to train and register voters in the historic Treme neighborhood ahead of the upcoming essential presidential election in November. This kind of action shows the next generation the power of people coming together!

A Community Voice continued their vital work protecting homes in the Lower 9th Ward against unjust demolition on a variety of fronts. Most recently, they have been working with Louisiana Representative Candace Newell to block funding for the expansion of the Industrial Canal and keep homes safe.

The Affiliated Media Foundation Movement (AM/FM) continues to move forward with their wide-spread Voice of the People campaign, with an approved construction permit in North Carolina, and a series of successful meetings this month with station applicants in Fayetteville, NC, Helena, AR, Fresno and Antioch, CA, and Richmond, VA under our belt.

A Community Voice collaborated with frequent partner Anthropocene Alliance to promote hurricane response and resources, including a helpful hurricane prep checklist.

A Community Voice advocated for increased lead testing in the water and soil in New Orleans, a public health issue that continues to disproportionately affect our POC population, the working class, and children.

A Community Voice continued to organize local residents in the 9th Ward of New Orleans against construction of a massive new port that would displace and disrupt historically Black neighborhoods in the city. United Labor Unions Local 100 has a tentative agreement with ABM for janitors and groundskeepers at UNO and Inspire Charter Schools. If member decide to ratify the agreement, it will increase pay, improve working conditions, and provide transparency to workers!  

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.

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