Edwards Fights For Higher Wages and More at ACORN Convention
This past weekend, over 2,700 Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (a national organization
representing low-income families) members gathered in Columbus, Ohio for
the 2006 ACORN National Convention. Under the banner Raising Our
States grassroots community leaders from around the country discussed
the national campaigns for better wages, fair immigration reform, Katrina
recovery and how to build stronger communities. On Monday, delegates took
part in a March and Rally to Raise the Minimum Wage (jmknapp has YouTube
video of the rally and march, see:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
). On Sunday, they heard a speech by John Edwards, whom Maude Hurd, the President of ACORN, stated "would make a great preacher."
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