What do you think?
Rate this book
Labor and Social Change
Organizing the Movement: The Roots and Growth of ACORN
Book by Gary Delgado
269 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1987
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews
February 27, 2022
I’ve had the pleasure of reading four ACORN books this year, and this is VERY clearly the one written by an organizer on the inside.
As a primer on ACORN’s history and legacy beyond the eighties, I still suggest Seeds of Change. But if you’re curious about the day to day of ACORN organizing, their staff culture, and how the model was built, this is your book!!
As a primer on ACORN’s history and legacy beyond the eighties, I still suggest Seeds of Change. But if you’re curious about the day to day of ACORN organizing, their staff culture, and how the model was built, this is your book!!
February 18, 2023
Very dated, and ends before ACORN even got as big as it did (ends in ~1984). But it’s a good read if you’re looking for the early history and some of the tactics used before the internet with community organizing.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews