WELCOME to New Orleans ACORN
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New Orleans ACORN (The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) members are proud to organize to make New Orleans a better place to live. New Orleans ACORN provides free tax services, is a leading organization in the area of Living Wages, Lead Poisoning Prevention, Katrina Recovery and Voting Rights. Be sure to check out our latest news. Join now, and let your voice be heard! Express your immediate concerns through e-mail laacornnoro(at)acorn.org or contact us by phone (504) 943-0044.
ACORN Comes Together for Sen. Edwards’ Farewell
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Members ask that Edwards continue to fight for equity and New Orleans’ recovery
January 30, 2008
New Orleans ACORN members gathered in the Upper Ninth Ward today, January 30, to hear Senator Edwards’ concession speech. Edwards’ campaign ended where it started, in the hurricane-devastated neighborhoods of New Orleans.
Senator Edwards spoke on the need to continue fighting for social justice and equity, especially in New Orleans...
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Program Related Investment Makers 9th Ward Learning Tour
ACORN members from the Ninth Ward meet with over 50 PRI representatives from across the nation for the “PRI Makers Learning Tour”.
Over fifty Program Related Investment Makers from across the country took a bus tour of several areas devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Lower 9th Ward on January 30, 2008. Following the tour, the PRI Makers traveled to ACORN’s Lower 9th Ward Center where they were greeted by Vanessa Gueringer and Gwendolyn Adams, chair and co-chair, respectively, of ACORN’s Lower 9th Ward chapter, as well as dozens of other ACORN members...
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ACORN urges passage of civic works initiative for Gulf Coast
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November 12, 2007 WASHINGTON—ACORN and its partners in the Gulf Coast Civic Work Project welcomed introduction in the U.S. House of Representatives last week of the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act of 2007, which would fund critical infrastructure projects and create 100,000 jobs for current Gulf Coast residents and those displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to implement... Read More
