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	Acorn Community - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acorn Community is a medium sized egalitarian, intentional community located in rural Virginia, USA and is a member of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.
		Acorn was started in 1993 as a daughter community of the older, larger Twin Oaks.
		The Twin Oaks population swelled to capacity and Acorn was born.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acorn_Community (634 words)

	Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - SourceWatch
		ACORN pushes education reform usually in the form of organizing neighborhood groups and "community" or "ACORN schools" but frequently combats charter school and for-profit schooling initiatives (most notably the proposed Edison Schools takeover of the New York City public schools in 2001).
		ACORN fought weakening of the CRA in 1991, when ACORN staged a two-day takeover of the House Banking Committee hearing room to be sure their voices were heard by Congress.
		ACORN then pursued new registration laws in Arkansas and Massachusetts and filed suit in Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as a result of the act.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=ACORN (2075 words)

	Natural Life Magazine #43 - Intentional Communities Column
		Like its famous parent community, Acorn is a member of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities, which means it is secular, ecologically sustainable and income-sharing.
		Acorn has had a lot of assistance from Twin Oaks in starting up, which together with the energy and commitment of its members helps explain the tremendous progress it has made in such a short time.
		Building a new community is not a task for the faint of heart, and it has not been all smooth sailing.
	www.life.ca /nl/43/commun.html (592 words)

	Common Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Acorn Creek's mission is to create and live in a safe, ecologically friendly cohousing neighborhood based on consensus, cooperation, mutual benefit, and shared values, fostering extended family involvement, and sharing resources and tasks, while promoting a balanced sense of both community and privacy.
		Acorn Creek has a master development plan, that shows an estimated move-in date to be in the summer of 2002.
		Usually, cohousing communities are designed and managed by the residents, and are intentional neighborhoods: the people are consciously committed to living as a community; the physical design itself encourages that and facilitates social contact.
	www.onr.com /user/mbishop/questions.html (380 words)

	Who is ACORN?
		ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low and moderate-income families, with over 175,000 member families organized into 850 neighborhood chapters in 80 cities across the country.
		Yet ACORN stands virtually alone in its dedication to organizing the poor and powerless - a dedication as strong today as it was in 1970 when it was founded by Wade Rathke and the first membership was a group of Arkansas welfare mothers.
		ACORN campaigns address issues that are central to the lives of its members, to the viability of low and moderate-income neighborhoods, and to the future of the country.
	www.acorn.org /index.php?id=2 (1022 words)

	ACORN community banquet pg 2
		That's when ACORN became involved, and "there was a shift of power from a billionaire and his money to a group of well-organized people with justice on their side." ACORN got neighbors and families together and filed injunctions.
		ACORN was the plaintiff that fought for a 120 day relocation period instead of the initial 30 days.
		ACORN board member Alicia Gadis was thanked numerous times throughout the evening for her tireless contributions to the organization.
	dillingertoons.dillwood.org /inthestreets/030503acorn/030503acornpg2.htm (281 words)

	Enraging the Right: ACORN
		But among the thousands of community organizations around the country with their various success stories and outstanding service programs, none of them have been able to achieve what ACORN has accomplished: a national organization with local chapters and the ability to simultaneously wage organizing campaigns at the neighborhood, city, state and federal level.
		ACORN has been able to do so, despite overwhelming obstacles, because it insists that the poor be taken seriously in the political arena, and thus focuses its work on developing strong organizations led by poor people.
		ACORN can perhaps be faulted for not expanding further; with the money and resources to organize the working class families in our cities and older suburbs, its impact would be even greater.
	www.nhi.org /online/issues/129/ACORN.html (2276 words)

	Egalitarian communities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Egalitarian communities are groups of people who have chosen to live together, with egalitarianism as one of their core values.
		A broad definition of egalitarianism is "equal access to resources and to decision-making power." For example, decision-making is done by consensus or another system in which each person has a voice; it is not done hierarchically with only one or a few people making choices that will affect the whole group.
		The Federation of Egalitarian Communities is a network of communal groups in North America with values including egalitarianism, non-violence, income-sharing and cooperation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Egalitarian_communities (168 words)

	The News From Acorn Community Enterprises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Acorn has been blessed to start the year 2003 with three significant grants coming our way.
		The funding situation for Acorn and many other non-profits has been difficult the past few months, so we continue to look for support of all kinds, in amounts small and large.
		The Acorn Café was a crowded spot for four Monday nights, as 19 high school students attended a workshop on “Conflict Resolution with Young Children.” Taught by Sarah Clark, a Burney teacher and educator, the class focused on how to work with toddlers and children up through 8
	www.acorncafe.org /2003/jan-news.html (1511 words)

	AYPF Trip Report - Secondary School Reform in New York City
		Community schools are "Schools that integrate the delivery of quality education with whatever health and social services are required in that community." Today CAS is involved in 40 community schools in the U.S. and also has efforts underway in Europe.
		ACORN has assigned an organizer to the school to work with parents to build a parent-teacher organization, develop campaigns to address issues impacting students, such as safety on the subways, and to seek out ways to leverage parent power to impact policies and practices in the community.
		It was also clear that strong community partnerships are at the core of each school’s existence, as well as dedicated leadership in the form of committed educators (teachers and principals) and community leaders who have been given the flexibility by district and citywide leadership to attempt these reforms.
	www.aypf.org /tripreports/1999/tr050699.htm (5808 words)

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		Acorn Community is a rural community of people living on the same plot of land and managing business together.
		The members of Acorn Community will strive to live our lives in a way that supports the basic human rights of people here and in the rest of the world.
		The members of Acorn Community will attempt to live in a way that is gentle on the environment, attempting to show an example of how this can practically be done.
	www.acorncommunity.org /index.cgi?p=mission.p (259 words)

	City Journal Spring 2003 \| ACORN’s Nutty Regime for Cities by Sol Stern
		Community organizing among the urban poor has been an honorable American tradition since Jane Addams’s famous Hull House dramatically uplifted the late-nineteenth-century Chicago slums, but ACORN and Addams are on different planets philosophically.
		Local urban business communities tend to be disorganized, their members focused on world or national affairs rather than what they take to be the grubby and trivial details of local politics.
		ACORN tells organizers like Heather Appell to take the pulse of the community; considering this mandate, it’s amazing how adamant ACORN’s leaders are in excluding the options of privatization or vouchers for school improvement.
	www.city-journal.org /html/13_2_acorns_nutty_regime.html (4423 words)

	ACORN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ACORN started in 1993 out of a concern for the Kurds, the largest people group in the world today without a nation state of their own.
		ACORN is a humanitarian aid organisation offering assistance to the disadvantaged in this hurting community.
		ACORN is committed to continue working in the north of Iraq with the vulnerable and disadvantaged.
	www.acorn.nl (133 words)

	ACORN Homesteading Program, Chicago
		ACORN Housing Corporation targeted Englewood because "it is a poor, unorganized community with a high number of single-family units and a low homeownership rate," said former Executive Director Chris Brown.
		In the early 1980s, ACORN of Illinois, a branch of the national ACORN network, worked with the previously mentioned squatters' campaign in Chicago to pressure the city "to start dealing with low-income housing issues." But by this time, Chicago's organizing and community development movements had grown apart.
		Although ACORN of Illinois was technically independent of the national organization, the national group shared some administrative costs with local affiliates and handled all audits and major accounting.
	www.nhi.org /online/issues/90/homestead.html (3520 words)

	Find Acorn Farm Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		We are Acorn Community, a group of people living, working and playing together to build a joyful, connected life for ourselves and others in central Virginia.
		Acorn Hill Farm is a full service breeding and training facility located on 200 acres of spacious rolling hills in VA. The farm currently stands four Irish Sport Horse stallions and one Elite Hanoverian stallion.
		Acorn Farm is situated on 10 acres in southern Maryland, and is the inspiration of George Bridge.
	www.acorn-internet.net /information/1/acorn-farm.html (548 words)

	RCF Acorn Funds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Racine Community Foundation’s Acorn Funds allow people from all walks of life to invest in the future of the community in installments.
		The Acorn concept allows a fund to be built over time by individuals who are interested in permanent community philanthropy but do not have the ability to create a fund ($5,000 minimum) immediately.
		All Racine Community Foundation funds are professionally managed in a diverse portfolio with growth targets in excess of 10% annually.
	www.racinecf.org /rcfAcorn.asp (1085 words)

	ACORN community banquet pg 1
		ACORN honored its many good friends on this occasion, and was honored equally in return for its hard work in the community.
		ACORN presented a Labor Leader of the Year award to Arturo Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers of America.
		In thanking ACORN for the Labor Leader award, Arturo noted that ACORN does its work without a contract-- they work for change in their communities by exerting moral and legal pressure, but unlike a Union, have no contract with any agency.
	dillingertoons.dillwood.org /inthestreets/030503acorn/030503acornpg1.htm (808 words)

	icdb.org - Acorn Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Acorn is a small community in rural Va. Currently we've got 11 full adult members (ranging in age from 20 to 57), one provisional member, and 3 children (11, 1, and 8 months).
		Acorn "reformed" about a year ago, so the majority of us have been here for less than a year.
		Our main building - Heartwood was almost entirely built by community members and friends about 7 years ago and houses our seed business (and most of us!).
	icdb.org /show.php?r=acornc (550 words)

	ACORN: Community Services
		Housing: ACORN members have fought for and won a programs to make it easier to get a fair and affordable home loan, The ACORN Housing Corporation established in 1986 provides one-on-one mortgage loan counseling, first-time homebuyer classes, and helps clients obtain affordable mortgages through our unique lending partnerships.
		ACORN Housing has assisted more than 45,000 families become first-time homebuyers and has rehabilitated more than 850 vacant and abandoned housing units. AHC currently provides a home ownership and counseling program in 30 cities, and also helps families avoid and fight predatory lending.
		ACORN provides free tax preparation for low- and moderate-income families in 45 cities with plans to expand to 70 cities by 2006.
	www.acorn.org /index.php?id=2602 (201 words)

	News From Acorn Community Enterprises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		All community members are invited to a training on “meth” use, looking at how concerned community and family members can respond.
		Cooking Classes for Teens Coming Up As part of Acorn’s year-long series of trainings for high schoolers, we’ll be offering a two-part cooking class, on the first and second Mondays in February, 5-7:30pm.
		Starting in February, the Acorn afterschool program will now stay open later two evenings a week, to allow high school students access to the computers for serious research, and to offer them tutoring in a variety of subjects.
	www.acorncafe.org /2003/feb-news.html (1457 words)

	Uniondale ACORN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ACORN is a community based non-profit organization which fights for the rights of low and moderate income people.
		ACORN was started in 1970 in Little Rock, Arkansas by a group of welfare mothers who were dissatisfied with the quality of life and decided to unite and challenge the elected officials.
		ACORN fights for human rights, namely housing for low and moderate income families, education for our children, clean streets, safe streets - lighting, etc.
	www.11553.com /acorn.htm (230 words)

	Feminist Job Listing: Community Organizers, Arizona ACORN
		House by house, family by family, organizers hear from community residents what they want changed in their neighborhood, city, state, and country.
		The ACORN organizer's job is to work for the membership of ACORN, helping them build the power they need to win the things their communities and families need.
		ACORN understands that community organizing experience is rare, so we train a lot.
	www.feminist.org /911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=5275 (215 words)

	Acorn Community High School in Brooklyn, New York/NY - School Tree
		Acorn Community High School is classified as a "High School".
		Acorn Community High School was operational at the time of the last report and is currently operational.
		Acorn Community High School IS NOT a Charter school.
	new-york.schooltree.org /public/Acorn-Comm-High-060486.html (114 words)

	The Acorn - Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Many young people across California are working to make their communities better places to live—by helping the less fortunate, promoting health and safety, protecting the environment, assisting senior citizens and taking part in other volunteer activities.
		All levels of photographers, from beginners to advanced, are invited to participate in "The Tao of Nature Photography" seminar/workshop, field trip and evaluation session led by Peter Asco on Sept. 22, 23 and Sept. 28.
		These classes emphasize effective communication between parents and children, understanding reasons for children’s behavior, and assistance in developing strategies to encourage responsibility and problem-solving in children.
	www.theacorn.com /News/2001/0920/Community (1178 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Roseanne Barr Donates Performance Proceeds to ACORN..." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When Roseanne learned that ACORN had a very active and vibrant chapter in New Orleans -- and that ACORN's New Orleans members, mostly low income and working class, are now scattered in shelters, motels, and spare rooms throughout the country -- she knew she had to help.
		Roseanne is supporting the ACORN Hurricane Recovery and Rebuilding Fund because she knows that ACORN is working directly with low income New Orleans residents to help them get back on their feet, access aid and relief, and get organized so they can participate in the rebuilding of their homes and communities.
		ACORN has called for "first source" hiring of New Orleans low and moderate income residents for living wage jobs in the rebuilding plan.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=53631 (652 words)

	Wade Rathke: Chief Organizer, ACORN, SEIU Local 100, AFL-CIO
		Wade Rathke is the Founder and Chief Organizer of ACORN and SEIU Local 100, AFL-CIO.
		The grant was to increase the outreach and support for the ACORN Tax and Benefit Access Centers in ten (10) cities where a...
		ACORN Katrina survivors in Washington DC Washington DC Typical of the Katrina experience, no one came to the 400 ACORN members in DC, the members went everywhere to find them.
	www.chieforganizer.org (688 words)

	DC Indymedia: ACORN Community Activists Accused of Inciting to Riot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ACORN Community Activists Accused of Inciting to Riot
		At noon, 15 residents, several organizers from the local ACORN chapter, and 40 members of the Northeast Federation of Anarcho-Communists (NEFAC) dragged junk from the Mustafah-Johnson lot onto Gorsuch Avenue, blocking occasional vehicles from passing.
		ACORN held a protest in which they entered the hotel, took over the podium and schooled their captive audience.
	dc.indymedia.org /newswire/display/18742 (1079 words)

	Celebrating Older Learners - Little Acorn Community Development Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A community lunch in the scheme, open to everyone, young and old, kicked things off.
		The links made at the community lunch proved invaluable for the activities which followed.
		Community fund raising activities and a healthy living project fired enthusiasm.
	www.lifelonglearning.co.uk /cols/col06.htm (396 words)

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