ACORN members from all over the country are gathering at the Cobo Center in Detroit for the 2008 ACORN National Convention, Saturday, June 21 – Monday, June 23. This year’s theme is “Building Dreams Across America.”
We’re working on lots of important campaigns all over the country. The major campaigns we’ll be focused on for this convention are stopping foreclosures, ending poverty, winning immigration reform, getting better access to healthcare, and rebuilding New Orleans.
There will be more than 2,000 of us marching through the streets of Detroit on Monday!
There are great speakers coming too. John Edwards will be the keynote speaker on Monday, and on Sunday we have two members of Congress, Maxine Waters from California and Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick from Michigan. Also speaking on Sunday is Jim Wallis, President of Sojourners, “Christians for Justice and Peace.”
We’ll be attending workshops and planning sessions to discuss our campaign strategies. The ACORN Convention only happens once every two years, and these are major campaigns, so there’s a lot to talk about.
This year we’re celebrating 38 years of winning victories for low-income Americans.
Learn more at www.acorn.org
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