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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (view source)
Revision as of 17:22, September 18, 2009
, 17:22, September 18, 2009another goal: living wage which is higher than the minimum wage
The '''Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now''', or '''ACORN'''.
The '''Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now''', or '''ACORN'''.
==Goal: to harass corporations==
==Goals==
{{quotation|One is hard-pressed to find in the organization's many antipoverty initiatives any programs that address social dysfunctions like illegitimacy and single parenthood. Instead, as Acorn's executive director, Steven Kest, said several years ago, "We are more focused on irresponsible behavior in the corporate sector. I don't think [illegitimacy] comes anywhere close to the irresponsible behavior of people running the largest businesses in this country."<ref>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Manhattan Institute]]</ref> }}
===To harass corporations===
{{quotation|One is hard-pressed to find in the organization's many antipoverty initiatives any programs that address social dysfunctions like illegitimacy and single parenthood. Instead, as Acorn's executive director, Steven Kest, said several years ago, "We are more focused on irresponsible behavior in the corporate sector. I don't think [illegitimacy] comes anywhere close to the irresponsible behavior of people running the largest businesses in this country."<ref name=living-wage>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Manhattan Institute]]</ref> }}
===To establish a "living wage"===
{{quotation|... the "living wage" is the group's most successful local issue.}}<ref name=living-wage />
==Public relations==
==Public relations==