Statements (60)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:non-profit_organization
gptkb:organization |
gptkbp:affiliated_with |
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:United_Farm_Workers SEIU People's Action Community Change |
gptkbp:affiliation |
National Association of Neighborhoods
United States Social Forum |
gptkbp:campaigns |
voter mobilization efforts
housing rights advocacy living wage campaigns |
gptkbp:controversy |
funding issues
allegations of voter fraud allegations of voter registration fraud defunding by government |
gptkbp:dissolved |
gptkb:2010
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gptkbp:focus |
gptkb:social_justice
community organizing |
gptkbp:founded |
gptkb:1970
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gptkbp:founder |
Wade Rathke
|
gptkbp:head_of_state |
gptkb:Bertha_Lewis
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gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
ACORN
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gptkbp:impact |
increased voter turnout
advocacy for low-income families improved housing conditions community organizing in the U. S. |
gptkbp:language |
English
|
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_States
|
gptkbp:notable_achievements |
creation of job training programs
establishment of community land trusts influence on local and national policy successful lobbying for affordable housing policies |
gptkbp:notable_members |
gptkb:Katrina_vanden_Heuvel
gptkb:Bertha_Lewis Wade Rathke |
gptkbp:notable_work |
gptkb:voter_registration
labor rights advocacy housing advocacy |
gptkbp:services |
gptkb:voter_registration
advocacy economic justice housing assistance job training programs financial literacy training housing counseling immigrant rights advocacy health care advocacy |
gptkbp:successor |
ACORN Housing Corporation
ACORN International New York ACORN |
gptkbp:target_audience |
low-income individuals
working-class families minority communities |
gptkbp:type |
gptkb:organization
grassroots organization |
gptkbp:website |
www.acorn.org
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Project_Veritas
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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